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Pineapple Rasam
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Pineapple Rasam

Pineapple Rasam is a special variety of rasam. The pineapple adds distinct flavour and taste. You can serve this as a soup in a bowl or serve with white rice and pappad.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Rasam
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian, Tamilnadu
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 70kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon Toor Dal (Pigeon pea)
  • 6 Pineapple Rings
  • 1 teaspoon Rasam Powder
  • 3 Tomato
  • Few Curry Leaves
  • Coriander Leaves For Garnishing
  • 1 teaspoon Salt As Needed

For Grinding

  • 1 teaspoon Peppercorns
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds

For Tempering

  • 1 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • 2 Red Chili
  • ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)

Instructions

  • Pressure cook the thurdal and smash it nicely and keep it aside. Take the pepper and cumin seeds in a mixer
  • Grind the pepper and cumin seeds to a coarse powder
  • Take 3 pine apple rings separately. If you have the whole pineapple, peel the skin and cut the pineapple into circles
  • Chop the pineapple to bigger pieces and add it to the mixer
  • Grind the pineapple pieces to a nice paste
  • Take 1 tomato and nicely mash it. Or you can even give a pulse in the mixer to make a puree
  • To the tomato puree, add 1 cup of water, salt, turmeric and ½ quantity of ground coarse pepper-cumin powder, ground pineapple paste and rasam powder and allow the tomato puree to cook well
  • Meanwhile, finely chop the rest of pineapple pieces and tomatoes and keep it ready
  • In a separate pan, add ghee and add mustard seeds when the ghee is hot, when the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add broken red chilli, hing, rest of the ground pepper-cumin powder and curry leaves and saute it for 20 seconds
  • Add the chopped pineapple and tomato pieces and saute it for 2 minutes in a medium flame
  • Add the seasoned ingredients along with sauted pineapple and tomato pieces to the boiling tomato puree
  • Add the mashed dal and mix well.
  • Add 2 cups of water and keep the flame in medium till we get a froth. Finally garnish with coriander leaves and remove from flame
  • The delicious and spicy pineapple rasam is ready to serve.

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Notes

  1. Pineapple we use for this should be tangy as we are not using tamarind
  2. If you like, you can use 2-3 cloves of garlic
  3. Adjust the spice as per your need

Nutrition

Serving: 1Cup | Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g