Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Rasam

Rasam.

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, rasam. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Rasam is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. Rasam is something which I've loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook rasam using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Rasam:

1. {Take of Split Pigeon pea/Toor dal/Arahar dal.
2. {Prepare of Chicken stock or vegetable stock.
3. {Make ready of Tamarind paste or a lemon size ball of tamarind.
4. {Prepare of Ripe Tomatoes.
5. {Take of Green Chillies.
6. {Prepare of Whole Shallots.
7. {Prepare of of ginger.
8. {Take of Garlic.
9. {Make ready of Boiled and Shredded Chicken Breast (Vegetarians substitute vegetables of your choice).
10. {Prepare of Spanish red Onion Diced.
11. {Prepare of Coriander seeds.
12. {Get of Fenugreek seeds.
13. {Prepare of Cumin seeds.
14. {Get of Asafoetida.
15. {Get of Turmeric Powder.
16. {Take of Butter or Olive Oil.
17. {Prepare of Steamed Rice.
18. {Take of basil and coriander leaves combined.
19. {Prepare of Salt and pepper to taste.

Steps to make Rasam:

1. Wash the lentils well and soak it in water for 2-3 hrs..
2. In a pressure cooker, add the soaked lentils, 2 cups of water, shallots, tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green chillies, asafoetida, tumeric and salt. Pressure cook until 3 whistles. Cool and transfer the contents to a blender and pureé the contents..
3. Dry roast the spices except asafoetida in a pan. Cool and powder it in a coffee or spice grinder..
4. Dissolve the tamrind paste in half cup of warm water. Keep it aside.
5. In a pot, add butter or olive oil. Heat it and add the chopped onions, sauté it well till it becomes brown and caramelised. Add the chicken breasts (or vegetables) and saute for another 2 mins. Add the lentil puree and chicken stock and bring it to boil for 30 minutes.
6. Add the tamarind water and simmer for another 10 minutes..
7. Add 2 tablespoon full of the roasted spice powder and simmer it for another 10 minutes. Add Salt and pepper to taste.
8. Add the steamed rice to the broth and switch off the heat. Stir well..
9. In a pan, add a tablespoon full of clarified butter. Heat it to smoking point and add a teaspoon of cumin seeds. Let them crackle. Add this to the broth.
10. Add coriander and basil leaves..
11. Ladle hot soup into bowls. Serve hot.

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