Andhra Rasam

Hello...

I am back after a month;s gap.Went to home town just to chill out.
Back with one of my favourite recipie Rasam .Its a simple yet tasty one which sets comfortably with tiffins like idli,dosa ,upma and also in hot steamed rice ...

Lets have a look !!!

Ingredients:

1. Water -3 cups
2. Tamarind - lemon sized ( soak tamarind in water before 5 mins and squeeze the pulp and keep it aside)
3. kothimeera / coriander - handful of leaves

4. garlic/vellulli - 5 pods
5. Salt - acc to taste
6. turmeric powder - acc to taste
7.chilli powder - acc to taste

Seasoning :

1.Mustard seeds – 2tsp
2.Hing – pinch
3.Curry leaves- few
4.Chana dal – 1tsp
5.Urad dal – 1tsp
6.Cumin seeds – 1tsp
7.Mustard seeds – 1tsp
8.Red chillies – 4
9.Oil – 1tspn
10. crushed garlic pods- 3

Procedure:

1. Add water, salt, turmeric powder,chillipowder,crushed garlic pods,tamarind pulp and
   let it boil until it reaches boiling point and nice arome stikes your kitchen
2. Now take a small kadai
3. add oil , allow it to heat
4. Now add all the ingredients under seasoning and allow them to get cooked for 2 mins
5. Now add this seasoning content into our rasam prepared in step 1.

Mouth watering and tempting Rasam is ready.We can serve it with rice,idli,dosa etc..
Note: We can add boiled and blanched tomatoes ,which makes it tomato rasam
      and adding more of ginger while cooking makes it ginger rasam -good for cough and cold.