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Thuthuvalai Rasam:
Thuthuvalai
Rasam is my mom-in-law’s speciality. She prepares this and give us, while we
are down with cold, fever, head ache, cough and bad throat. It gives instant natural cure from cold and
cough. It is good in balancing the body’s
physiological systems.
This
authentic rasam recipe is very easy to
prepare and tastes heavenly with bursting flavor of spices. It is usually served with steamed rice or
served as hot soup.
We
relished this rasam hot, with steaming rice with a side of egg fry &
pappad..:)
Ingredients:
·
Thuthuvalai
leaves (alarka ) - 20 to 25 no.s
·
Ghee
or Oil - 2 to 3
tsp
·
Tamarind -
a small lemon size
·
Turmeric
pwd - a pinch
·
Hing -
¼ tsp
·
Toor
dal - ¼ cup
·
Black
pepper corns - 1 tsp
·
Mustard - ¼ tsp
·
Cumin - 1 tsp
·
Coriander - 1 tsp
·
Red
chilly - 1
or 2
·
Garlic
-
2 to 3 pods
·
Salt
to taste
·
Curry
leaves
Method:
1.
Soak
tamarind in water and extract juice from it and keep aside.
2.
Wash
and cook toor dal along with a pinch of turmeric pwd.
3.
Smash
the dal and keep aside.
4.
Wash
& clean the Thuthuvalai leaves by carefully plucking the thorns from them.
5.
Heat
ghee in a heavy bottomed kadai.
6.
Add
the leaves and sauté them in low medium flame, until the leaves shrinks.
7.
To
make rasam pwd mix, add pepper corns, cumin, coriander, red chilly and garlic to a
mixer.
8.
Grind
them to coarse paste and keep aside.
9.
Fresh
and aromatic rasam mix is ready.
10.In a bowl, add cooked dal, thick tamarind
extract and salt.
11.Add mashed tomato & freshly ground rasam pwd mix.
12.Add 2 cups of water and check for salt.
13.Now add a tsp of oil or ghee to the kadai and
heat it.
14.Temper with mustard, red chilly, curry leaves
and hing.
15.When it starts spluttering, add the prepared rasam mixture ( step 12 ) and sauted thuthuvalai
leaves.
16.Bring to just one boil and remove from flame.
17.Healthy & tasty Thuthuvalai rasam is
ready to serve.
18.You can enjoy this with hot white rice or
even as a soup in cold winters.
Very healthy version Jay
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Delicious healthy rasam Jay
ReplyDeleted leaves vch u used r new 2 me.but rasam luks just awesum nhot jay..luv it 2 have vth rice..
ReplyDeleteDelicious,healthy and flavourful rasam!!
ReplyDeleteNice flavors. Rasam looks very tempting.
ReplyDeleteSounds very interesting and tempting.. thanks for the recipe !!
ReplyDeletetasty and healthy rasam.. :)
ReplyDeletethat looks so inviting.
ReplyDeleteTasty rasam
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delicious tempting and inviting rasa.I am very hungry looking at it.
ReplyDeletelovely rasam...shud be great with plain rice
ReplyDeleteSpicy and yummy. I am trying to remember if I have seen these leaves before. Do you by any chance know a Kannada name?
ReplyDeleteVery flavourful and tempting rasam.
ReplyDeletetoday's post:
http://sanolisrecipies.blogspot.in/2013/03/hyderabadi-vegetable-dum-biryani.html
Yummy & healthy.. My mom makes this often :)
ReplyDeleteCan v grind the leaf and add it to rasam..
ReplyDeleteYes v can add grinded paste of the leaves also. But the flavor of the leaves will be strong and taste of the rasam may be little bitter. Do try n lemme know.
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