Poondu Rasam Recipes

POONDU RASAM

Steps:

• Heat 1/2 cup water and soak 1 tbsp tightly packed seedless tamarind in it. Cover and keep aside for 20 minutes.
• After 20 minutes, squeeze the softened tamarind very well in the water. Keep this tamaraind pulp aside.
• When the tamarind is soaking, make the ground rasam spice mix. Add 1 tsp black pepper, tsp cumin seeds, 2 to 3 garlic cloves and 2 dry red chilies, broken and deseeded in a small dry grinder or spice grinder.
• Grind to a coarse mixture. Keep aside.
• Crush lightly 8 to 10 garlic with or without peels in a mortar-pestle. Chop or crush the tomato.
• Heat 1 tbsp sesame oil in a pan or pot. Add 1/2 tsp mustard seeds and 1/2 tsp urad dal. Saute till the mustard seeds crackle and the urad dal turns to a maroonish color. Saute on a low flame.
• Then add 8 to 10 curry leaves, 1 to 2 dry red chilies and the crushed garlic.
• Saute till the garlic turns light brown.
• Then add 1 small to medium tomato (chopped or crushed). Also add 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and a pinch of asafoetida.
• Stir and saute till the tomatoes soften.
• Add the ground rasam spice mix. Stir very well and saute for a minute on a low flame.
• Now add the tamarind pulp and 1.5 to 2 cups water. Season with salt.
• On a medium flame, simmer the rasam for 5 to 6 minutes. While adding tamarind pulp, directly strain it with a tea strainer in the pan.
• When done, switch off the flame and add chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve garlic rasam hot with some steamed rice. You can also have it as a soup.

POONDU RASAM RECIPE

Steps:

• In a wide vessel add small gooseberry-sized tamarind soaked in warm water for 10 minutes.
•  Add little coriander leaves.
•  Grind 2 tomatoes and filter this through a metal strainer by adding 1 cup of water.
•  This will give a clear rasam without making it cloudy. If you want you can add it as it is.
•  Grind the pepper, cumin seeds, and curry leaves coarsely.
•  Add this to the vessel.
•  Peel the skin of the garlic and slightly crush them using a mortar and pestle and add it to the vessel.
•  Tear 2 red chili and drop it in the tomato mixture.
•  Add turmeric powder, asafoetida, and salt.
•  With clean hands nicely mix the tomato mixture for 2 minutes. This will bring out the flavors of the ingredients.
•  Transfer this to a pan and cook this till it froths up. Keep the flame low.
•  Once it froths up switch off the flame.
•  Temper with mustard seeds and add some coriander leaves.
•  You can add few chopped tomatoes to the top.
•  cover it and keep for 5 minutes and then serve the garlic rasam with hot rice.