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Recipe Category: Indian
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Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp dry curry leaves
- 4-5 red chillies
- cooking oil for roasting( about 1-2 tsp).
- 3/4 cup toor dal
- medium tomatoes , chopped finely
- tsp jaggery water( or 1 tsp sugar)
- garlic clovettes crushed coarsely
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 sprig fresh curry leaves
- a pinch of hing(asoefetida).
- salt to taste
- 2 tsp ghee for seasoning
Method
- Roast the first 5 ingredients in a little oil and grind in a coffee grinder to a smooth powder.
- Set aside.
- This is the rasam powder.
- Boil the dal in a pressure cooker till soft and set aside.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, rasam powder, jaggery water and salt to taste to the boiled dal.
- Heat the ghee in a saucepan and prepare the seasoning with the garlic, cumin, mustard, hing and curry leaves.
- When the mustard starts crackling, add the tomatoes and dal.
- Add enough water to get the required rasam consistency.
- Boil till the tomatoes are well cooked on a low flame.
- Take it off the fire.
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