Friday, July 11, 2008

Rassam (Spicy Soup)

INGREDIENTS

100 gm toor dal
100 gm tomatoes
500 ml water
25 gm tamarind
Rassam Powder
10 gm peppercorns
10 gm cumin seeds
10 gm coriander seeds
03 gm red chillies
Tempering
30 ml oil
03 gm mustard seeds
02 gm curry leaves
03 garlic cloves

10 gm sprigs of coriander leaves
salt


METHOD

Crush garlic and chop tomatoes.
Soak the tamarind and extract the pulp.
Roast the ingredients for the powder and grind until fine.
Boil the dal with tomatoes till the lentils are mashed and set aside.
Heat oil and add mustard seeds, leave until it crackles.
Add the crushed garlic, curry leaves and the coriander leaves.
Mix the dal and water to get the required rassam consistency.
Mix in the tamarind pulp. Add the rassam powder.
Boil for 5 minutes on a low flame.

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