Saturday, July 21, 2007

lime rasam

Ingredients:
Ripe red tomatoes-4
Tuvardhal-4 Table spoons
Salt-2 Tea spoons
Turmeric Powder-1/2 Tea spoon
Jeera-1 Tea spoon
Oil/Ghee-1 Tea spoon
Mustard-1 Tea spoon
Green chillies-2/3
Ginger Paste-1 Tea spoon
Curry leaves-a few
Coriander leaves-a few
Lime-2


Serving;

serves four cups


Method:

Pressure cook tuvar dhal after adding turmeric powder ,jeera,and water to the same.

Boil tomatoes and strain the pulp in a vessel by using a metal strainer. Add turmeric powder and salt to the tomato extract and let it boil for about 3 or 4 minutes.

Add well-boiled tuvar dhal with the water to the tomato pulp.let this boil on a low flame until a froethy layer is formed.

In a small pan add oil or ghee and heat for 15 seconds.Add mustard and when the mustard starts spluttering, add finely chopped green chillies,ginger paste,jeera,and coriander leaves.Add this seasoning to the Rasam

Garnish the Rasam with finely cut coriander leaves.Add lemon juice to the hot Rasam .Take care not to boil the Rasam after adding lemon juice(as this may make the Rasam taste a little bitter).

Serve hot.

Tips about Lime Rasam:

This Rasam is exclusive in taste ,and tastes different from the other rasams since no tamarind is added. Also since green chillies are added during seasoning , this lime rasam has an unique taste.The jeera and ginger paste used ,enhance the digestive properties of this Rasam .Lemon juice added ,makes this Rasam taste heavenly.

Lime Rasam can be drank directly or mixed with rice and consumed.


2 comments:

Archun said...

Oh wow!! You don't even need the usual Rasa-podi then!! Thatz really awesome! :-D How many hours will the rasam be good? Once we make it, we cannot store it in the fridge naa? I s'pose we must add the lime juice after boiling the amount we intend to eat/drink for that meal! And the portion of the rasam before adding the lime juice can be reheated and used I suppose?
Awesome post! Looking for some Microwave recipie as a next post from you!

Geetha Balakrishnan said...

@archun
I'm really happy that you are reading my blog regularly!
The rasam will be good for about 5 to 6 hrs.Before adding lime juice u can reheat the rasam.
Next, I'll give you the recipie of "THIDEER rasam" - a rasam you can make in 6 or 7 minutes- it will be useful for ppl like you who can make rasam and rice and curry by the time you listen to 3 or 4 songs in your iPod! hehe..