Rasam.
Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, rasam. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Rasam is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It's simple, it's fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Rasam is something that I've loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook rasam using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Rasam:
- {Prepare of Split Pigeon pea/Toor dal/Arahar dal.
- {Take of Chicken stock or vegetable stock.
- {Get of Tamarind paste or a lemon size ball of tamarind.
- {Get of Ripe Tomatoes.
- {Make ready of Green Chillies.
- {Make ready of Whole Shallots.
- {Get of of ginger.
- {Get of Garlic.
- {Prepare of Boiled and Shredded Chicken Breast (Vegetarians substitute vegetables of your choice).
- {Get of Spanish red Onion Diced.
- {Get of Coriander seeds.
- {Make ready of Fenugreek seeds.
- {Prepare of Cumin seeds.
- {Prepare of Asafoetida.
- {Make ready of Turmeric Powder.
- {Get of Butter or Olive Oil.
- {Prepare of Steamed Rice.
- {Make ready of basil and coriander leaves combined.
- {Take of Salt and pepper to taste.
Instructions to make Rasam:
- Wash the lentils well and soak it in water for 2-3 hrs..
- In a pressure cooker, add the soaked lentils, 2 cups of water, shallots, tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green chillies, asafoetida, tumeric and salt. Pressure cook until 3 whistles. Cool and transfer the contents to a blender and pureé the contents..
- Dry roast the spices except asafoetida in a pan. Cool and powder it in a coffee or spice grinder..
- Dissolve the tamrind paste in half cup of warm water. Keep it aside.
- In a pot, add butter or olive oil. Heat it and add the chopped onions, sauté it well till it becomes brown and caramelised. Add the chicken breasts (or vegetables) and saute for another 2 mins. Add the lentil puree and chicken stock and bring it to boil for 30 minutes.
- Add the tamarind water and simmer for another 10 minutes..
- Add 2 tablespoon full of the roasted spice powder and simmer it for another 10 minutes. Add Salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the steamed rice to the broth and switch off the heat. Stir well..
- In a pan, add a tablespoon full of clarified butter. Heat it to smoking point and add a teaspoon of cumin seeds. Let them crackle. Add this to the broth.
- Add coriander and basil leaves..
- Ladle hot soup into bowls. Serve hot.
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