South Indian meals are incomplete without rasam.
Irrepective of which part of Indian they belong to kids love well cooked rice , rasam and a little ghee.
Now, along with my kids I love rasam too. Easy to make and after eating varieties or frequent parties, I just want some rasam rice and that set :-)
Wanted to try a more healthier option and tried this and kids just loved it .
Ingredients
Carrots chopped ...............1.5 Cup
Tomoto chopped...............1 Cup
Grated Coconut
(Frozen or Fresh)...............1 Tbspn
Jeera...................................1 tspn
Tamarind............................1 tspn
Turmeric.............................2 pinch
Rasam powder....................1 tspn
Jaggery...............................1 tspn ( optional )
salt to taste
Tadka :
Ghee..................................1 Tbspn
Mustard seeds....................1/2 tspn
Asafetida.............................2 pinch
Red Chilly ..........................1
Curry leaves........................1 String
Procedure :
1) Combine carrots, tomato, coconut,jeera,tamarind,turmeric .Add 2 cups of water and pressure cook 2 whistle.
3) Once at room temperature, blend it.
3) Take the blended puree, add rasam powder, salt to taste and water to adjust the consistency of rasam you may like. Bring it to boil. Later add jaggery.
4)Next is tempering : Heat ghee in a small pan.add mustard seeds- once the popping sound tend to stop,add red chilly,curry leaves and pour it on the boiling rasam.
5) Hm...Serve with some rice and papad and enjoy your healthy lunch.
Notes : The carrots I used were not sweet and had to use jaggery for taste.
You can also use 1/4 cup toor dool to add protein while you pressure cook.
