Recipe

Rasam

Recipes/Rasam

Tangy South Indian rasam with aromatic spice broth

Prep

10 min

Cook

20 min

Serves

4

Level

easy

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup toor dal
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 1 tsp rasam powder
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • Curry leaves
  • 2 dried red chilies
  • Fresh coriander
  • Pinch of hing

Method

  1. 1

    Cook toor dal until soft, mash and extract thin dal water.

  2. 2

    Boil tomato with tamarind paste and rasam powder.

  3. 3

    Add dal water and simmer for 10 minutes.

  4. 4

    Temper with mustard seeds, cumin, curry leaves, dried chilies and hing.

  5. 5

    Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

  6. 6

    Serve hot with steamed rice or drink as a soup.