Recipe: Delicious Rasam

Rasam. Rasam is a popular South Indian recipe that tastes just divine. If you want to make authentic rasam at home without rasam powder, we have just the recipe for you. The reason why you should make this south Indian rasam recipe is because it is.

It is commonly served with plain rice and a vegetable side dish. But it can also be served as a soup. This South Indian rasam recipe needs no rasam powder, no dal & can be made in a jiffy with pantry. You can have Rasam using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Rasam

1. You need of For grounded masala.
2. It's 3-5 of garlic cloves.
3. You need 4-5 of curry leaves.
4. It's 2 of green chillies.
5. It's 4-5 of black pepper corns.
6. You need 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
7. You need of For puree.
8. You need 2-3 of tomatoes.
9. Prepare 3-4 of kokum.
10. It's 2 tsp of jaggery.
11. You need 1 tsp of turmeric powder.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of saunth(dry ginger) powder.
13. Prepare 2 of dry red chilli.
14. It's 1 tsp of salt.
15. You need of For seasoning.
16. You need 1 tsp of oil.
17. You need 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
18. You need 4-5 of curry leaves.
19. Prepare 1 tsp of hing/asafoetida.

Rasam (pronunciation (help · info)), or charu pani (in Odia), chaaru, saaru, saathamudhu, or kabir is a South Indian dish (eaten with other dishes or by itself). It is a spicy-sweet-sour stock traditionally prepared using kokum, tamarind, or dried green mango juice as a base along with jaggery, garlic, black pepper, chili pepper, cumin, tomato, and other spices as seasonings. Rasam is a staple South Indian soup-like dish made with tamarind, spices, herbs, and veggies or fruits. Yes, you heard me right - rasam is made with some fruits too.

Rasam step by step

1. Take ingredients for grounded masala and crush it..
2. Take kokum boil it. Cool it, extract the juice from kokum add chopped tomato and jaggery..
3. Heat oil, crackle mustard seed, then add curry leaves, dry red chilli, mix well and cook it. Add the grounded masala and saute it. Add the puree. Mix well. Add water. Allow it to boil. Finally garnish it with coriander leaves. Serve hot with rice..
4. I have used kokum instead of tamarind bcos allergic to it..

Probably the word "rasam" is derived from the word "ras" or "rasa" which means juice or extract or essence. ~ a rasam recipe without rasam powder and without lentils. Rasam, more popularly known as charu, is an integral part of a traditional daily meal in telugu speaking homes. Rasam with rice is a comfort food that I grew up on and continues to be so even today. I am a rasam lover and prepare rasam fresh each day. Rasam is the chicken soup (I make it vegan) of South India and a must in every household.