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For those unfamiliar amongst the term, a rasam is a sparse together with oftentimes watery dish, traditionally served every bit the 2nd bird of a South Indian meal. Tamarind, tomatoes, together with lemon or lime figure prominently. I made mine a flake thicker together with served it amongst Mustard Seed Rice for an particularly satisfying together with nourishing Indian dinner. I sure enough impressed my dinner guests.
Spicy Lentil Rasam (Poritha Rasam)You powerfulness also enjoy:
Slightly adapted from Dakshin
1/2 loving cup of toor dal (or scarlet lentils)
1/4 loving cup of mung beans
1/4 loving cup of dissever mung beans
iii 1/4 cups of water
1 large tomato, finely chopped
1 teaspoon of turmeric
dash of cayenne
1 1/2 teaspoons of bounding main salt
juice from 1 lemon
a adept sized handful of parsley, chopped, for garnishing
For the Paste:
iii teaspoons of oil
1 tablespoon of coriander seeds
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1 teaspoon of dark peppercorns
2 - iii dried scarlet chilies
1 tablespoon of urad dal, washed
1/2 teaspoon of asafoetida powder
1/3 loving cup of dried coconut
a handful of dried curry leaves
1/4 loving cup or water
For Tempering:
2 teaspoons of ghee, or a mixture of butter together with oil
1 teaspoon of dark mustard seeds
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
2 dried scarlet chilies, broken into pieces
a handful of dried curry leaves
Rinse the toor dal together with mung beans good inward a strainer. Cover amongst water, together with soak for a few hours. Drain the water, transfer the dal to a large pot, comprehend amongst iii 1/4 cups of H2O together with convey to a boil. Reduce the estrus to low, comprehend together with simmer, stirring occasionally, until the dal is soft - roughly 45 minutes. Do non drain the dal.
While the beans are cooking, brand the paste. Heat the crude inward a large frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add together the coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns, scarlet chilies, urad dal together with asafoetida powder. Stir together with pocket-sized until the mustard seeds laid about to pop. Transfer to a blender or nutrient processor, along amongst the coconut, curry leaves together with water. Blend into a smoothen paste, adding a flake to a greater extent than H2O if necessary. Set aside.
For the tempering, estrus the ghee inward a frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add together the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, scarlet chilies together with curry leaves. Stir together with pocket-sized until the mustard seeds laid about to splutter together with pop. Add the tomato plant to the pan, along amongst the turmeric, cayenne together with common salt together with stir together with pocket-sized until the tomato plant is thickened - roughly five minutes. Add the paste, stir together with pocket-sized for only about other infinitesimal or hence together with hence add together this mixture to the cooked dal. Add only about other loving cup or ii of water, depending on how thick y'all desire your rasam to be. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for only about other five - 10 minutes.
Garnish amongst the chopped parsley, together with serve hot amongst rice.
Serves 4
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