Easy – Quick – Simple Rasam
Easy one pot rasam made with tomatoes, tamarind, rasam powder, garlic, coriander leaves and spices.
Ingredients
- 2 large tomatoes
- ½ tbsp tamarind paste or tamarind water from ½ lemon sized tamarind
- ½ tbsp rock salt
- 10 to 12 garlic cloves
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 slit green chilli
- a pinch of asafoetida
- ¼ tsp mustard seeds
- 2 tsp rasam powder
- ¼ cup coriander leaves
- 1 tbsp oil
If you do not have rasam powder
- 1 tsp black pepper corns
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 red chillies
- Grind everything together and as a substitute for rasam powder
Instructions
- Take chopped tomatoes, rock salt and tamarind in a blender jar.
- Add 1 cup of water and grind coarsey.
- If your tomatoes have lots of seeds, you can grind finely and strain it.
- In a pan heat oil and add mustard seeds.
- Once mustard seeds crackle, add crushed garlic, curry leaves and green chilli.
- Once garlic is browned, add asafoetida and rasam powder. Mix well and saute for just under a minute. Be careful as the mixture gets burnt quickly.
- Now add the ground tomatoes and a cup of water and mix well.
- Once the mixture comes to a boil add chopped coriander leaves and switch off the stove.
- Serve with steamed rice !!
Notes
- Cilantro / coriander leaves, garlic and asafoetida is a must to make this rasam.
- Do not boil rasam for a long time. Switch off the stove once rasam comes to a boil.
- Rasam is usually served with rice. But it can also be had as a soup.