easy rasam recipe | tomato rasam recipe | easy tomato saaru recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
for rasam powder:(or use udupi rasam powder)
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp coriander seeds / dhaniya seeds
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
- 10 methi seeds / fenugreek seeds
- 3 dried kashmiri red chili / lal mirch
- few curry leaves
- ¼ tsp black pepper / lal mirch
other ingredients:
- 1 medium sized tomato (finely chopped)
- 2 green chili (slit lengthwise)
- few curry leaves
- 1 cup tamarind extract
- ½ tsp turmeric powder / haldi
- ½ tsp jaggery
- salt to taste
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup toor dal (cooked)
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
for tempering:
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds / rai
- ½ tsp urad dal
- 2 dried red chili (broken)
- few curry leaves
- pinch asafoetida / hing
Method
- firstly, add a tsp of oil and roast coriander seeds, jeera, methi seeds, red chili, curry leaves and pepper.
- blend to fine powder. keep side.
- in a kadai take tomatoes, green chili and curry leaves.
- also add tamarind extract, turmeric, jaggery and salt.
- cover and boil the tamarind water for 15 minutes.
- add 2 cups of water and get to boil.
- now add cooked toor dal and mix well.
- also add prepared rasam powder or udupi rasam powder.
- mix well and continue to boil for 2 minutes.
- meanwhile, prepare for tempering by heating oil.
- add mustard, urad dal, dried red chili, curry leaves and hing.
- pour the tempering onto the rasam.
- also add coriander leaves and serve tomato rasam recipe or easy tomato saaru recipe with rice and papad.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.