Inji Rasam / Ginger Rasam (Repost)

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Inji Rasam

Another recipe from Premama...

This is a wonderful rasam to have especially when you are sick...

Ingredients:
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Red dried chillies 2-3
Curry leaves 1-2 sprigs
Urad dal 1/2 sp
Dhaniya 1 1/2 tsp
Channa dal 1 sp
1/2 sp peppercorns
1/2 sp jeera
1 inch ginger
Fry the above together and grind to a paste. Keep aside..

Other ingredients:
3 tbsp toor dal
Mustard seeds 1 sp,
Oil 2 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig/ coriander leaves
2 tomatoes roughly chopped
1 big gooseberry sized tamarind extract
Turmeric 1/4 sp, hing 4 dashes, salt to taste


Pressure cook toor dal.
In a deep vessel , add tomatoes, tamarind, hing, turmeric, salt, water (enough to just submerge the ingredients) let it boil till the raw smell goes and the tomato juices are extracted.
Add 1 cup water. Add the paste. Boil for 3-4 min.
Add more water and dilute to rasam consistency.
Add cooked dal. Boil for another 2 minutes.
Garnish with fried mustard seeds and curry leaves/coriander leaves.

13 comments:

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

oh...I m first here today...I would love to giv a taste now with hot rice...delicious version..
Tasty Appetite

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Delicious rasam...

Hari Chandana P said...

Yummy and healthy recipe.. looks amazing !!
Indian Cuisine

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Love the spicy and tangy inji rasam. Nice recipe

chef and her kitchen said...

Nice n flavorful rasam,love 2 hv it wid rice..:)

Unknown said...

Adding ginger in the rasam should warm you up. Perfect healing food!

Unknown said...

Sounds so good esp today - raining like in Kerala :)nothing like a hot rasam to warm the cockles!

Deepthi Shankar said...

yummy Rasam :)

Santosh Bangar said...

sound healthy and tasty rasam
1st time here nice blog do visit and follw

Suman Singh said...

Simple and comforting bowl of rasam..just need a bowl of white rice to dig in..YUM!

Vardhini said...

Rasam is my favorite but never added ginger to it .. nice twist.

Vardhini
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Shri said...

Never added ginger in Rasam but can imagine it will very hearty.

Torviewtoronto said...

flavourful rasam

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