Thakkali Rasam is a very common dish prepared in South India. Thakkali means tomato. It is our Indian soup and even served with rice. It is so comforting and easily digestible. It is also known as Saaru and it is usually loved by everyone for its tangy taste.
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I have already shared recipes for Home-made rasam podi and lemon rasam. So, sharing tomato rasam recipe today and hope you all enjoy making it..
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Tomato Rasam / Thakkali Rasam
Ingredients
- Toor dal/yellow lentil - 2 tbsp
- Chopped Tomatoes - 2
- Rasam powder - 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Ghee/Oil
- Salt to taste
- Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Imli/tamarind - 2 tbsp
- Coriander leaves for garnishing
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Instructions
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Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of warm water for 15 minutes. Now strain it by removing the pulp and add the tamarind water in a pan.
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Pressure cook yellow lentil with 1/4 cup water. Mash it nicely and keep it ready.
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Now add chopped tomatoes, rasam powder, a pinch of asafoetida, turmeric powder and boil it for 5 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring in between.
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Now add cooked dal and 2 cups of water into it and add some salt and mix it well. ILet it simmer for a minute. Remove from the flame and keep it aside.
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Take a small frying pan and add 1 tbsp ghee and mustard seeds to it. Once the seeds crackle, add few urry leaves and let it sizzle for for seconds. Add this in rasam and garnish it with some coriander leaves.
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Enjoy it with rice or you can also drink it as a soup.
A must for all south indians.. we never get bored of these rasam
I've never heard of this before! It is on my to try list! x
Never heard of it before but I can almost smell how delicious it is from your photo! Yum!
This looks delicious!
I haven't heard of this before; but it looks really good!
This sounds and looks delicious, Priya! Thanks!