Tomato Rasam (Nataraja Iyer Rasam)
In this Tomato Rasam, we follow the recipe of a famous chef Nataraj Iyer where we are not going to use the conventional Rasam Powder. The main spice is from green and red chili which we are going to add it with the tamarind juice itself. The other spice is from Pepper-Cumin Powder. Also adding jaggery enhances the flavor and brings out the tanginess of tamarind and tomato. The green chili along with ginger really enhances the flavor. I tasted this rasam in one of the marriage function and loved it.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 80kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Gooseberry Size Tamarind
- 1 Tomato Finely chopped
- 2 Green Chili Slit
- 3 Red Chili Broken
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
- 1.5 teaspoon Salt Adjust to your taste
- 1 tablespoon Grated Jaggery
- 1 inch Ginger Mashed
- 2 tablespoon Toor Dal (Pigeon pea)
For Grinding
- 1 teaspoon Peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
For Tempering
- 1 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 fistful Curry Leaves
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 mins and extract the juice
- Wash the dal and add turmeric powder and pressure cook for 4 whistles till the dal is completely cooked and becomes soft and mushy. Mash the dal and set it aside
- Take pepper and cumin seeds in mixer jar and grind it to coarse powder and set aisde
- In a brass vessel or stainless steel sauce pan, pour the tamarind juice. Add chopped tomato, salt, green chili, broken red chili, ginger, hing and grated jaggery. Boil the tamarind mixture for 10 mins in medium flame
- Add mashed dal to the cooked tamarind and stir well. Add 2 cups of water and keep the flame in low. We don't want the rasam to boil anymore
- Add pepper-cumin powder and stir once. Finally garnish with coriander leaves. Keep the rasam in low flame till you get a frothy layer on top. Then Switch off the flame. Do not boil the rasam anymore
- Heat ghee in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add curry leaves and mix. Pour this tempering to the rasam.
- Serve the delicious Rasam with hot steaming rice and a spoon of ghee and enjoy the real yummy Rasam!
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Nutrition
Serving: 250ml | Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Fat: 33g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g