Rasam

How to make Rasam:

We have several styles of making rasam with Different dals. Here we will see rasam with Channa dal.

Ingredients:

1. Channa dal  - 2 tbsn
2. Salt  -To taste
3. Rasam powder  - 1 tbsn
4. Onion small  - 1
5. Tomato  - .1
6. Jagerry  - 1/2 tspn to 1 tspn according to your taste.
7. Oil  - 1 tbsn.
8. Coriander leaves.
9. Turmeric podwer  - pinch

Method :

1. Boil channa dal in a pressure cooker for 3 whistles.
2. Smash them and keep it aside.
3. Add oil to a heated pan and golden fry onions.
4. Add chopped tomatoes and fry them for 3 minutes.
5. Add the smashed channa dal mix and add enough water to the pan.
6. Stir and make sure there are no lumps.
7. Add Jagerry and salt
8. Now add rasam powder and cook it for 2 minutes in a boil state.
9. Turn off the flame and add coriander leves.

For rasam podi please see http://tasteofrayalaseema.blogspot.in/2016/11/rasam-podi.html

Rasam podi

Here you are going to learn The best Rasam podi recipe:

Ingredients:

1. Black pepper /Miriyalu  -1 cup
2. Jeera/Jeelakarra  -1 cup
3. Curry leaves/karivepaku  - 1 cup
4. Fungreek seeds/Menthulu  - 1 tbsn
5. Mustard seeds/avalu  - 1 tbsn
6. Spicy red chilly/endu mirapa  -20 or to your taste.
7. Cloves/lavangalu  -2
8. Asafoetida/Inguva   - 1/2 tspn
9. Cardamom/Yalukalu  - 1
10. Cinnamon/Dalchina chakka  - 1 inch
11.Rati puta  - 2 tbsn

Method:

Raw fry the above ingredients in a low flame and let them cool.
Grind them to a fine powder.
Then let the powder cool and store in a glass jar for long lasting.
Or you can keep it in fridge and use for one year.

To check how to make rasam please see my blogpost:

http://tasteofrayalaseema.blogspot.in/2016/11/how-to-make-rasam-we-have-several.html.