Rasam Varieties | South Indian Rasam Recipes
Basic Rasam Recipe with easy homemade rasam powder
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Tamarind (Small gooseberry size)
- Salt & water as needed
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
Homemade Rasam Powder
- ½ tsp Pepper corns
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- ½ tsp Coriander seeds optional
- 1 Red chilli
- 5 cloves Garlic
To Temper
- 1 tsp Ghee
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds
- ¼ tsp Cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp Asafetida / Hing
- 1 tbsp Coriander leaves to garnish
Instructions
- Soak tamarind and take extract with 1 cup of water.
- Take the tamarind extract in a bowl. Add salt, turmeric powder and boil for few minutes.
- In the mean time, coarsley grind the ingredients given under "homemade Rasam powder".
- Add this powder to the boiling rasam and little water. Mix well.
- When the rasam starts to boil and becomes frothy, switch off the flame.
- Close it with a lid.
- Temper mustard seeds, cumin seeds and hing in ghee.
- Add to the rasam and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
- Enjoy with plain rice !