Pudina Rasam Recipe
A flavorful and tangy broth made with freshly ground spice powder and mint leaves.
Servings: 2 to 3
Ingredients
- Tamarind a small marble size
- Hot water 1.5 c
- Toor dal 2 tbsp
- Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
- Mint leaves a small bunch cleaned and chopped finely
- Salt to taste
- To Roast and Grind
- Oil 1 tsp
- Toor dal 1.5 tsp
- Coriander seeds/ Dhania 1.5 tsp
- Pepper corns 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
- Red chilies 2
- To Temper
- Oil/ Ghee 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds 1 tsp
- To Garnish
- Mint leaves 6 to 7
Instructions
- Soak the tamarind in the hot water.
- While it soaks, Heat oil in a pan.
- Roast all the ingredients mentioned under To Roast and Grind until the dal turns a golden brown. Make sure you do this on medium flame.
- Let cool.
- In the meanwhile, pressure cook the toor dal with 2/3 c water until mushy.
- Once done, drain water from the dal. Reserve this water.
- Now, extract the pulp out of the soaked tamarind.
- Discard the tamarind and dilute the pulp if it is too thick.
- Mash the cooked dal.
- In a blender, grind the roasted ingredients to a fine powder.
- Now in a pot, combine the tamarind pulp, salt, turmeric powder and the ground powder.
- Cook this on medium heat until frothy,
- Once the mixture becomes frothy, add the reserved dal water.
- Simmer for 2 mins.
- Quickly add the cooked dal and simmer further for 2 more mins.
- Add the chopped mint leaves at this stage.
- Let cook for 3 more mins.
- Switch off flame.
- Heat a pan with oil.
- Pop the mustard in this.
- Add this to the rasam.
- Garnish with mint leaves.
- Serve hot.
Notes
I had cooked dal for some other dish while making this rasam. So i used a part of it for this. The amount mentioned is a scaled down measurement for this rasam.
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Disclaimer
Nutrition values are provided here as a courtesy and are only a rough guide. Please consult a health care provider if you have any concerns.
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