Rasam sadham recipe, Rasam rice

Rasam sadham recipe | Rasam recipe a simple and easy one pot meal, recipe with video and step by step pictures. Recently i attended my cousin's wedding in Chennai and the food served on all the 3 days was so awesome and a wide spread too. They served Rasam sadham in one of the dinner menu and it was totally yum. I was so attracted by the simplicity and taste of the dish. The next day i asked the caterer the method of how to make Rasam sadham. He was sweet enough to tell as how it was made. The caterers generally make in big open pot but i chose the pressure cooker method. It turned out so well and my son who never eats rasam, loved this rasam rice. The hot rasam rice and the Arbi fry| seppankizhangu fry on the side made a yummy lunch today. Do try this recipe at home and let me know how it turned out.
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Rasam sadham recipe

• Recipe Cusine: Indian
• Prep Time: 10 Minutes
• Cook time: 25 Minutes
• Serves: 2-3
• Author: Jeyashri
• Recipe Category: Lunch | Dinner
• Description: Rasam sadam recipe | Rasam recipe a simple and easy one pot meal, recipe with video and step by step pictures

     Rice  1/2 cup
     Toor dal  2 tblsp
     Tamarind  a small gooseberry size
     Tomato  2  
     Rasam powder 2 tblsp
     Pepper cumin powder  1.5 tblsp
     Ghee  1-2 tblsp
     Mustard seeds   1/4 tsp
     Sesame oil  3-4  tsp
     Turmeric powder  1/4 tsp
     Asafoetida  2 pinches
     Salt  as needed
     Water 3-4 cups 
     Curry leaves  few

Method :

• Soak the tamarind in 1/2 cup of hot water and keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Wash the rice and toor dal. 
• Finely chop the tomatoes.
• Extract tamarind juice using 4 cups of water. It will be thin only. 
• In a pressure cooker, add the washed rice and toor dal, chopped tomatoes, tamarind extract, rasam powder, asafoetida, salt and turmeric powder. 
• Mix well and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Simmer in the lowest flame for 10 minutes. 
• Switch off the flame.
• Open the pressure cooker and mash the cooked rice mixture well using a ladle.
• In a pan add ghee and sesame oil and add in the mustard seeds.
• Once it splutters add the pepper jeera powder. I used home made fresh pepper jeera powder(molagu jeera podi)
• Using a mortar and pestle i pounded equal amount of pepper and cumin seeds into a coarse powder. 
• Roast it for a minute in hot ghee and transfer it immediately to the rasam sadam.
• Sprinkle coriander and curry leaves to this. 
• Mix well.
• Rasam sadam is ready to serve. 

                                    Video of how to make Rasam sadham 

                            

                          

Notes:

1. You can puree the tomatoes and add too but i want to recreate the one i had in the wedding so added chopped tomatoes only. 
2. Adding little generous ghee and oil to the rasam sadam brings out a nice aroma to it. 
3. You can add few cloves of crushed garlic while adding the pepper jeera powder.
4. Instead of rasam powder you can use sambar powder too. 

Method with step by step pictures :

• Soak the tamarind in 1/2 cup of hot water and keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Wash the rice and toor dal. 

• Finely chop the tomatoes.
• Extract tamarind juice using 4 cups of water. It will be thin only. 
• In a pressure cooker, add the washed rice and toor dal, chopped tomatoes, tamarind extract, rasam powder, asafoetida, salt and turmeric powder. 

• Mix well and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Simmer in the lowest flame for 10 minutes. 
• Switch off the flame.
• Open the pressure cooker and mash the cooked rice mixture well using a ladle.

• In a pan add ghee and sesame oil and add in the mustard seeds.
• Once it splutters add the pepper jeera powder. I used home made fresh pepper jeera powder(molagu jeera podi)

• Using a mortar and pestle i pounded equal amount of pepper and cumin seeds into a coarse powder. 
• Roast it for a minute in hot ghee and transfer it immediately to the rasam sadam.

• Sprinkle coriander and curry leaves to this. 
• Mix well.
• Rasam sadam is ready to serve. 

Notes:

1. You can puree the tomatoes and add too but i want to recreate the one i had in the wedding so added chopped tomatoes only. 
2. Adding little generous ghee and oil to the rasam sadam brings out a nice aroma to it. 
3. You can add few cloves of crushed garlic while adding the pepper jeera powder.
4. Instead of rasam powder you can use sambar powder too.