GARLIC RASAM, POONDU RASAM RECIPE

 I always make rasam  by adding toordal and without garlic. We call it tomato rasam/parupu rasam.  My mom makes the garlic rasam when we were running out of cold and cough and during rainy day nights. We all love to have with hot steamed rice and garlic rasam with simple papad only.
Here comes the recipe of  GARLIC RASAM. Check out my pineapple rasam recipe too. The recipe of garlic rasam updated with video.

Garlic rasam recipe

  Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins |Serves: 3-4

     Tamarind   a small gooseberry sized
     Tomato  2
     Garlic   4 -5 cloves
     Pepper  1 tsp
     Cumin seeds   1/2 tsp
     Oil   1 tsp
     Curry leaves   few
     Turmeric powder   1/4 tsp
     Asafoetida  a pinch
     Red chili   2
    Coriander leaves  few
    Mustard seeds   1/4 tsp
    Salt  as needed
                                                 Video of Poondu rasam

                                  

Method:

• In a wide vessel add a small gooseberry sized tamarind soaked in warm water for 10 minutes.
• Add little coriander leaves.

• Grind 2 tomatoes and filter this through a metal strainer by adding 1 cup of water.
• This will give a clear rasam without making it cloudy. If you want you can add as it is.

• Grind the pepper, cumin seeds and curry leaves coarsely.
• Add this to the vessel. 

• Peel the skin of the garlic and slightly crush them using a mortar and pestle and add it to the vessel.

• Tear 2 red chili and drop it in the tomato mixture.
• Add turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt.
• With clean hands nicely mix the tomato mixture for 2 minutes. This will bring out the flavours of the ingredients.

• Transfer this to a pan and cook this till it froths up. Keep the flame low.

• Once it froths up switch off the flame.
• Temper with mustard seeds and add some coriander leaves.
• You can add few chopped tomatoes in the top.
• cover it and keep for 5 minutes and then serve the garlic rasam with hot rice.

Notes:

1. Instead of grinding the tomatoes you can finely chop them and add.
2. You can a grind few coriander leaves along with pepper, cumin and curry leaves.