Kollu Rasam (Horse Gram Soup)

 

Serving:4 |Type: Soup

 

Ingredients:

Tomato -1 (Diced)
Turmeric -¼tsp
Tamarind -small lemon size
Water -3 cups
Salt -to taste
Coriander Leaves -1tbsp
Green chili -1

For Grinding:

Kollu (roast) -Hand full
Black Pepper -1 ½ tbsp.
Cumin -1tsp
Red chili -2
Garlic(optional) -2
Curry Leaves -few

Seasoning:

Oil -2tsp
Mustard -½tsp
Red Chili -1
Asafotida -¼tsp

Method:

  1. Soak the tamarind in ½ a cup of water take out the juice and keep it aside.
  2. Take a pan dry roast the kollu without burning. It will take 4 to 5 minutes on low flame.
  3. Then add the grinding ingredients with roasted kollu in a mixie and grind it into a coarse powder and keep it aside.
  4. Take a pan heat with oil add seasonings fry without burning.
  5. Now add tomato, green chili sauté for a minute then add the ground powder mix it well for 30 seconds.
  6. Then add tamarind juice, turmeric powder and coriander leaves and water.
  7. Boil on high heat and turn off the stove when it foams on the top. Finish off by adding salt.
  8. Serve hot with white rice. This rasam is is very spicy but you can reduce the pepper if you want.

Note:

  1. This rasam is very good for cold, cough and fever.
  2. You can  add ½tsp pepper and cumin powder fry with little ghee add on top of the rasam for extra taste.
  3. If you want you can add 1tsp of sugar or jaggery to minimize the spiciness.
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