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Mysore Rasam

Mysore Rasam is one of the popular rasam in Karnataka. It's made using freshly made Rasam Masala powder (paste). The fresh masala is prepared using Coriander seeds, pepper corns, chana dal, red chili and grated coconut. Freshly roasted masala along with coconut gives distinct flavor and tastes good.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Rasam
Cuisine: Indian, Karnataka, South Indian
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 180kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker
  • Heavy Bottomed Pan

Ingredients

Key Ingredients

  • 1 small lemon size Tamarind
  • 1 no Tomato roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup Toor Dal (Pigeon pea)
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
  • 1.5 teaspoon Salt (adjust to your taste)
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander Leaves

For Grinding

  • 1 teaspoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
  • 2 nos Red Chili (adjust to your spice level)
  • 2 tablespoon Grated Coconut
  • 1 teaspoon Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
  • 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Peppercorns
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds

For Tempering

  • 1 teaspoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves

Instructions

Preparation

  • Soak the tamarind in water and extract the tamarind juice.
  • Take toor dal in a vessel. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and ½ cup of water.
  • Pressure cook the Toor dal over three whistles and let the pressure release naturally. Mash the cooked toor dal using the bottom of the ladle and keep it aside.

Preparation of Masala

  • Heat a pan with ghee and add the red chillies, pepper, bengal gram, coriander seeds and fry till the dals turns golden brown color. Fry them in the medium flame and preferably in the heavy bottomed pan as the dals may burnt very quickly.
  • Next add cumin seeds, grated coconut and fry till the coconut is light brown.
  • Take the fried ingredients to the mixer and let it cool off. Grind all the ingredients to a fine paste by adding 3-4 tablespoon of water.

Let's start making the Rasam

  • Add the tamarind extract in a vessel along with hing, chopped tomato and salt and boil the tamarind juice.
  • When the raw smell of tamarind goes off, add the mashed dal and mix well.
  • Add the ground rasam masala and give a good stir. Adjust the consistency of the rasam by adding more water if required. Also adjust the salt if required.
  • Keep the flame in low until the froth starts to form the top layer of the rasam and then remove the rasam from flame. Garnish the rasam with chopped coriander leaves

Let's do the Tempering

  • Heat another pan with ghee and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add cumin seeds and saute for 10 seconds. Finally add curry leave and fry for a second and swtich off the flame
  • Add this tempering to Rasam.
  • Delicious Mysore Rasam is now ready! Serve the yummy rasam with hot steaming rice and as spoon of ghee.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 1207mg | Potassium: 378mg