SIMPLE TOMATO RASAM

SIMPLE TOMATO RASAM

Rasam is a south Indian soup which is eaten with rice.

How to Prepare Rasam in Tamil Nadu Style. Rasam soup plays an important role in south Indian feasts. ... Smash the tomato add to the tamarind juice and add some spices.

A wide variety of rasam soups are available in the southern states of India. It is said to improve digestion, due to all of its main ingredients having good medicinal properties.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

Simple Tomato Rasam Recipes:

prep time:10 min

cooking time:15 min

total time:20 min

Dish:Main/broth

Cuisines:Indian

Serves:4 no

Ingredients:

• Tomato-2 no

• Water as required

• Tamarind pulp-2 to 3 tbsp

• Salt as per taste

• Turmeric powder-1tsp

• Rasam powder-2 tbsp

• Sugar -1tsp

• Coriander leaves a handfull

For tempering:

• Oil – 1 tbsp

• Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1/2 tsp

• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1/2 tsp

• Red chilli- 2 no 

• Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – a pinch

• Curry leaves – a sprig

Method:

1. First take tow tomatoes and boil the tomatoes with water for 10 min
2. Then mash the boiled tomatoes with hand itself.
3. Soak the tamarind in water for few minutes and then extract the tamarind pulp.
4. Add in tamarind pulp in mashed tomato mixer and mix it well.
5. Then add salt, turmeric powder, rasam powder and sugar mix well.
6. Place the mixer in stove and bring to boil.
7. Heat oil in a sauce pan, add in mustard, cumin, asafoetida and curry leaves. Saute for 30 sec.
8.  once it starts to boil, turn off the heat and add in lots of chopped coriander leaves.
9. Mix well. Cover it till serving.
10. Serve with rice.

Pictorial:

1)First take tow tomatoes

2)Then make slit in the tomatoes

3)boil the tomatoes by adding water for 10 min

4)tomatoes boiled very well

5)Then mash with hand itself

6)Soak tamarind in water and extract the strained tamarind pulp

7)Now add in tamarind pulp in mashed tomato mixer

8)Add salt

9)Add turmeric powder

10)Add rasam powder

11)Add Sugar mix well

12)Now place the mixer in stove and allow to boil

13)Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds and cumin seeds

14)Add curry leaves and red chilli

15)Atlast add hing

16)And pour in rasam

17)Once it start to boil like this

18)turn off the heat and add a handful of chopped coriander leaves

19)Serve it with rice

Recipes notes:

• Don't add more tamarind pulp otherwise it became tangy more, because we using mashed tomatoes in this recipe.