Poondu Rasam / Garlic Rasam / பூண்டு ரசம்

The preparation of this rasam is very simple. This is a best home remedy for cold and fever. You can simply have this as a soup or can eat with rice. The best accompaniment is Paruppu Thuvayal.

Ingredients :

1. Garlic - 6 Cloves (Crushed with skin)

2. Tamarind Juice - 1 Cup (Thin juice)

3. Rasam Powder - 1 tsp

4. Red Chilly - 2 or adjust to your taste

5. Mustard - 1/2 tsp

6. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
7. Pepper - 1/2 tsp
8. Salt - Needed qty
9. Sugar - 1/4 tsp
10. Ghee - 1/2 tsp

11. Oil - 3 tsp

12. Curry Leaves - A Few
13. Water - 1 Cup

Procedure :

1. In a pan, add oil. Heat it.

2. Splutter mustard. Add cumin, pepper, red chillies, crushed garlic cloves and curry leaves. Fry for few seconds.

3. Add tamarind juice, water, rasam powder and salt.

4. Allow the contents to boil well.

5. Switch off the stove. Add sugar and ghee.

6. Serve hot as soup or with rice. 

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Who tried this recipe?
1. Priya Satheesh
2. Sharanya

Pineapple Rasam

Pineapple rasam is a variation to traditional tomato rasam. Pineapple rasam gives totally a different flavour and taste. The chopped pineapple pieces cooked in the rasam give a nice taste. This rasam can also be served simple as soup or with rice. 

Ingredients:

1. Pineapple Juice (Fresh/Tinned) - 3/4 Cup

2. Thin Tamarind Juice - 1/2 Cup

3. Pineapple (Fresh/Tinned) - 1/2 Cup (Chopped)

4. Tomato - 1(Finely Chopped)

5. Green Chilly - 2 (Slit Vertically)or adjust to your taste

6. Coriander - 2 tsp (Finely Chopped)

7. Curry Leaf - A few

8. Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

9. Rasam Powder - 1 tsp

10. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

11. Mustard - 1/2 tsp

12. Cumin - 1/2 tsp

13. Thoor Dhal - 1/4 Cup (Over cooked & Mashed)

14. water - 1 Cup

15. Ghee - 1/2 tsp

16. Salt - Needed Qty

Procedure :

1. In a pan, heat oil. Splutter mustard. Add cumin and green chillies. Fry for a minute.

2. Add rasam powder, turmeric powder, chopped pineapple and tomato.

3. Saute for few mminutes. Add pineapple juice, tamarind juice, water, mashed thoor dhal and salt.

4. Allow the contents to boil well.

5. Before you switch off the stove, add asafoetida, ghee, coriander and curry leaves.

6. Serve hot with rice or simply serve as soup.

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Lemon Rasam

Orange Peels Rasam

Star Fruit Rasam

Sprouted Kollu Rasam

Puli Saaru / Puli Pachadi

Puli Saaru or Vengaya Rasam is a two-in-one dish. This can either be served as rasam with white rice or as side-dish with any upma. This rasam can be prepared without rasam powder and can be done in few minutes.

Ingredients :

1. Tamarind Juice - 1/4 Cup

2. Water-3/4 cup

3. Onions - 1/2 Cup (Finely Chopped)

4. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

5. Mustard - 1/2 tsp

6. Red chilly - 1

7. Green Chilly - 1

8. Curry leaves - A few

9. Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

10. Oil - Needed qty

11. Salt - Needed qty

Procedure :

1. Heat oil in a pan. Splutter mustard.

2. Add asafoetida, red chilly, green chilly and curry leaves. Fry for few minutes.

3. Now add, onion and saute till it turns golden brown.

4. Add tamarind juice, water, salt and let the contents boil.

5. Serve with white rice or upma.

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Poondu Rasam / Garlic Rasam / பூண்டு ரசம் 
Pineapple Rasam

Lemon Rasam

Orange Peels Rasam

Star Fruit Rasam

Sprouted Kollu Rasam

Who tried this recipe?
1. Priya Satheesh
2. Sharanya

Sprouted Horsegram / Kollu Rasam (Without Rasam Powder)

Today's recipe, Kollu Rasam is one of the traditional dishes. Kollu has lot of medicinal value and and it is used in Ayurvedic medicine. Click here to know more about Kollu health benefits.

Ingredients :

1. Sprouted Kollu - Less than 1/4 Cup

2. Tomato - 1 (Finely Chopped)

3. Garlic - 2 Cloves (Chopped Finely)

4. Tamarind Juice - 1/2 Cup (thin Juice)

5. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

6. Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

7. Sambar Powder - 1/2 tsp

8. Red Chilly - 3 or adjust to your taste

9. Salt - Needed Qty

10. Mustard - 1/2 tsp

11. Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

12. Oil - 1 tsp

13. Curry Leaves - few

14. Coriander leaves - for garnishing

Procedure :

1. Cook sprouted horsegram till soft with enough water. (Cook for 8 or 9 whistle in a pressure cooker).

2. In a bowl, mash the cooked horsegram. To that, add tamarind juice, tomato, sambar powder, turmeric powder, salt, asafoetida, garlic and 1/4 cup water if needed.

3. Now, heat oil in a pan. Splutter mustard and cumin. Add red chillies, fry for a minute. Then add curry leaves and then add the contents from the bowl.

4. Allow the rasam to boil well.

5. Garnish with coriander.

6. Serve hot with rice or you can have it just like soup.

Serves : 2

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Pineapple Rasam

Puli Saaru / Puli Pachadi

Lemon Rasam

Orange Peels Rasam

Star Fruit Rasam

Kollu Idly

Kollu Dosa

Kollu Idly Podi

Kollu Kurma

Star Fruit Rasam

Star fruit is native to Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka. When the fruit is cut horizontally, we'l get a star shape and hence it got the name. The fruit is best consumed when fully ripe. The fully ripe fruit is yellow in colour with greenish tinge. The ridges will be brown. The Star fruit tastes sweet.

This rasam tasted bit sweet because of the addition of star fruit but it is well balanced by the taste of tomato and lemon juice. Just try out and I know, you'l love it...

Ingredients:

1. Star Fruit - 1/2 Cup (Chopped)

2. Thoor Dhal - 1/4 Cup

3. Tomato - 2 (Medium sized)

4. Rasam Powder - 2 tsp

5. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

6. Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

7. Mustard - 1 tsp

8. Jeera - 1 tsp

9. Red Chilly - 3 or adjust to your taste

10. Lemon Juice - 2 tsp

11. Coriander - Small qty

12. Salt - Needed qty

13. Ghee - 1/2 tsp

14. Oil - 2 tsp

Procedure :

1. Cook thoor dhal with 1/2 cup of water till soft.

2. Now, cut tomatoes to pieces.

3. In a mixie container, add tomatoes, turmeric powder, rasam powder, asafoetida, salt and lemon juice.

4. Make it to a juice.

5. Add the above contents to the cooked thoor dhal. Mix well. Keep aside this Rasam Mixture.

6. Now, add the cut star fruits.

7. In a pan, heat 2 tsp of oil. Pop mustard. Then add cumin and red chillies.

8. Fry well. Then, add the rasam mixture.

9. Allow the contents to boil well.

10. Switch off the stove. Add 1/2 tsp ghee and coriander.

11. Serve hot with rice.

You may be interested in :
Poondu Rasam / Garlic Rasam / பூண்டு ரசம் 
Pineapple Rasam

Puli Saaru / Puli Pachadi

Lemon Rasam

Orange Peels Rasam

Sprouted Kollu Rasam

This participates in my "Think Beyond the Usual - Soup, Curry and Chutney with Fruits" event.

Orange Peels Rasam

In general, we use orange pulp and would throw away the peels. But, the interesting fact is, the orange peel has lot of uses and benefits. Orange peel can help in enhancing skin and overall health. Hence it is used in cosmetic and medicinal purpose.

They have anti-oxidants that help to prevent skin from premature aging. Moreover, it reduces the cholesterol. Apart from these two, it also helps in digestion related problems, acidity and other related problems.

So, instead of throwing away the peels, let us utilize the benefits of peels and start using it in cooking to improve our health.

Ingredients :

1. Orange Peels - 1/4 Cup (Cut pieces)

2. Tomato - 1

3. Cooked Thoor Dhal - 1/4 Cup

4. Tamarind Juice - 1/4 Cup

5. Rasam Powder - 3 tsp

6. Red Chilly - 3 (Adjust to your taste)

7. Jeera - 1 tsp

8. Mustard - 1/2 tsp

9. Oil - 2 tsp

10. Ghee - 1/2 tsp

11. Coriander - 1/4 Cup (Finely Chopped)

Procedure :

1. In a pan, add ghee and then add orange peels. Fry for a minute. Keep it aside.

2. Now, to the same pan add oil. Pop mustard. Then add jeera and red chilly.

3. Cut tomato and add it to the pan.

4. Add a tumbler of water, cooked dhal and tamarind juice.

5. Now add rasam powder and salt.

6. Mix well. Add the fried orange peels. Boil well.

7. Garnish with curry leaf and coriander.

8. Serve hot with rice.

You may be interested in :
Poondu Rasam / Garlic Rasam / பூண்டு ரசம் 
Pineapple Rasam

Puli Saaru / Puli Pachadi

Lemon Rasam

Star Fruit Rasam

Sprouted Kollu Rasam

This participates in "Think Beyond the Usual - Soup, Curry and Chutney with Fruits" event hosted by me.

Lemon Rasam

This is a very tasty rasam. This is very easy to prepare and does not need tamarind juice. My mom use moong dhal for this rasam preparation but I use thoor dhal. Both gives you equally a good taste.

Ingredients:

1. Thoor dhal / Moong dhal - 1/4 Cup (Cooked)

2. Tomato - 1 (Cut in to pieces)

3. Green Chilly - 2 (Slit vertically)

4. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

5. Rasam Powder - 2 tsp

6. Lemon Juice - 3 tsp ( more or less depending on your taste)

7. Jeera - 1/2 tsp

8. Mustard - 1/2 tsp

9. Curry leaf - Small qty

10. Coriander - Small Qty

11. Oil - 2 tsp

12. Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

13. Salt - Needed qty

Procedure :

1. Cook thoor dhal with 1.5 cups of water and 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

2. Once cooked, mash the dhal and then add tomato, curry leaf, coriander, rasam powder, salt and asafoetida. Mix the contents well and keep this bowl aside.

3. Now, add oil in a pan. Pop mustard. Then add jeera, green chillies and fry well.

4. Now, add the contents from the bowl and allow to boil well.

5. Put off the stove and then add the lemon juice. Mix well.

6. Serve hot with rice.

You may be interested in :

Poondu Rasam / Garlic Rasam / பூண்டு ரசம் 
Pineapple Rasam

Puli Saaru / Puli Pachadi

Orange Peels Rasam

Star Fruit Rasam

Sprouted Kollu Rasam

Who tried this recipe?
1. Babitha
2. Asiya
3. Priya Satheesh
4. Sharanya