Kollu Rasam/Horsegram Soup | Healthy Soup!

Kollu Rasam /Horsegram Soup is a very healthy dish or to mix with steamed rice. Checkout my previous post for Kollu Sundal here. Ingredients Kolluthanni/Water - 3 to 4 cups(As you get while steaming the kollu/horsegram for sundal) Garlic - 2 nos(Optional) Whole Black Pepper - 1 tblspn(As per your taste) Jeera - 2 tspns Tamarind water - 1 cup Tomato - 1/2 no Seasoning/Talipu Oil - 1 tspn Ghee - 1/4 tspn Mustard...

Thakali Rasam | Tomato Soup!

Thakali Rasam is a soothing rasam when you are down with cold and cough. This doesn't have dal, so you can drink as soup or mix with rice. Ingredients Tomato - 3 nos(Ripe N Red) Garlic - 4 nos Whole Black Pepper - 1 tblspn(As per your taste) Dry Red Chilli - 2 nos Jeera - 2 tspns Curry leaves few Seasoning/Talipu Oil /ghee - 1 tspn Mustard - 1/4 tspn Asafotida - a pinch Salt as required Preparation Method In...

Mysore Rasam!!!

Rasam is very good for digestion and tastes great with rice and curds. Today I am giving Mysore Rasam recipe, which was also asked by my uncle in chennai. So here is the recipe mama. Hope you like it. Ingredients Puli Thanni/Tamarind water - 1 cup(Soak lemon size tamarind in water and squeeze out the water and filter it) Tuvaram Paruppu /Toor Dal - 1/2 cup(Cooked and mashed with water by hand or whisk) Peringayam/Asafotida...

I am back with Holige/Obattu Saaru/Rasam!!!

I was away from blogging for a while and was enjoying with my sis-in-law in town for holidays. Hope you all are doing good. I will be visiting your blogs soon. Since my inlaws are here, I will posting few authentic and traditional Tamil and Kerala Recipes soon. A sweet and tangy rasam, prepared with hoorna. This is prepared for Ugadi generally after making Holige/Boli. Checkout my recipe for Obattu/Boli here. Ingredients Leftover...

Lemon Rasam

I tried making lemon rasam for 2nd time it came out very tasty. Usually I always make rasam with tamarind but daily using tamarind is not good for health. Then my sister in law asked me to try this rasam. Trust me you should try this and let me know how was it...IngredientsToor Dal - 1/2 cup( cooked)Ginger - 1 big pieceGreen chilli - 2nosCoriander leaves - 1 tspn( chopped)Lemon - 1 noManjal(Turmeric) - a pinchSaltWater...

Paruppu (Dal) Rasam

Rasam is a very tasty dish prepared with tamarind water, paruppu(dal) and rasam powder. Rasam is famous in South India. This is prepared in Karnataka style. Its sweet and spicy mixture tastes yummy. This is my brother's favourite:-)Ingredients Toor dal - 1/2 cup Rasam or sambar powder - 2 tspns(As per your taste) Tamarind water - 1 cup Grated coconut - 2 or 3 tspns Jaggery - 1/2 lemon size Tomato - 2nos(Optional) Ghee...

Pepper Rasam

I was thinking which recipe from my list I should post next for my readers. When I also added “simple” to this thought, what came to my mind immediately is RASAM. Though various kinds of Rasams are being made, one simple, easy to make yet famous one is Spicy Pepper Rasam. This is my real favourite dish which you can have as a starter with Fried Papads as appetizer.Ingredients Tamarind water- 1 cupWater - 4 cupsBlack...

Onion Rasam

IngredientsOnion - 1 medium (chopped)Tamarind - small lemon sizeWater - 3 cupsCurry leaves - 2 tspnsRed Chilli - 2 nosMustard - 1 spnOil - 2 tspnsSalt to tastePreparation MethodIn a bowl, soak tamarind in 1 cup of hot water for few mins, squeeze and filter the water.In a pan, add oil, mustard once its spluters add red chilli and fry for 1minAdd onion and saute till its transperentAdd curry leaves and sauteHeat the filtered...