Thursday, October 29, 2009

South Indian Soup / Rasam (Chaaru)



Ingredients
Water : 1 Glass
Turmeric : 1/2 Teaspoon
Sugar : 1/2 Teaspoon
Green Chillies : 1 or 2* 
Rasam Powder: 1 or 2 Teaspoons
Tamarind : Small lemon size
Curry Leaf: 1 Stem of Leaves
Salt to taste.

(Check Fudtionary for meanings if you have doubt with the words in orange colour.)

Rasam Powder Preparation
Coriander Seeds : 100gms
Pepper : 50gms
Cumin Seeds : 2 Teaspoon
Curry Leaves : 10 Stems of Leaves
Split Red Gram : 1 spoon
Red Chillies : 5

Method
Roast all the above ingredients in a pan and powder to a fine powder using mixie.

This will keep well for months in a airtight container.

Rasam Preparation
Put water in a vessel and add Turmeric,Salt,Sugar,Tamarind,Chillies,Curry leaves and Rasampowder.(No need to follow same order).

Boil for some time like about 5 mins and serve hot with rice.

* Depends upon your taste.
Note:Instead of tamarind you can use lemon(one).
You can also add tomatoes,and drumsticks if you want.

6 comments:

  1. Some ppl also add additional seasoning. They fry mustard, jeera and Hing in Ghee and add it to chaaru.

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  2. hi sadana thanks for the comment and yeah i agree people add and even i also add sometimes but i feel it also tastes gud without these.

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  3. Hi Sasha,
    Thanks for your Rasam recipe, I'll definitely try it out at home. Also, your webpage looks awsome...did a good job on that.

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  4. Yeah Sasha,

    I agree that Rasam tastes good w/o seasoning. Do you by any chance know the recipe for Vankaya Pachadi? I had it at a friend's place and wanted to try it out.

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  5. hey mousumi thanks buddy.....take care....

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  6. Hi Sadana how are you... yeah i will upload that vanakaya pachadi today.take care....

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