Tulasi Rasam (Holy Basil Leaves Soup)

Serving: 2 | Type: Soups/rasam

Ingredients:

Tamarind paste -2 tbsp
Tulasi leaves -25
Thoor dhal (mashed) -2 tsp (cooked)
Tomato -1 (chopped)
Green chili -2
Turmeric -1/4 tsp (optional)
Water -1 ½ cups

For Grinding:

Pepper -1tsp
Cumin -1tsp
Red chili -1
Garlic -2 (optional)

Seasoning:

Ghee -1tsp
Mustard -1/2tsp
Curry leaves -few
Asafotida -1/4tsp
Grounded powder all of the ground powder

Method:

  1. Roughly chop the tulasi leaves.
  2. Boil the tulasi leaves with half cup of water for 3 minutes and keep it aside.
  3. In the vessel  mix tamarind paste with water.
  4. Add chopped tomato, chili and boil it for 5 minutes in medium heat.
  5. Then add cooked and mashed thoor dhal.
  6. Add the boiled tulasi leaves and the water into the mixture.
  7. Take another pan heat ghee add seasonings and ground powder fry it 1 minute and add it into the rasam.
  8. Serve it with white rice.

Note:

  1. You can add ¼ tsp sugar.
  2. This rasam is good for cold or hot just by itself  like soup.
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