Friday 18 February 2011

Tomato & Ginger Rasam

Today its quite chilling here,dunno when the sun god gonna come back, needless to say am so lazy to cook..Thats y our today's lunch goes for this delicious,comforting,easy breezy, tangy and gingery rasam...This rasam tastes marvellous with spicy potato roast or egg roast which suits prefectly for this chilled weather...Definitely a delicious rasam to enjoy anytime..Sending to CWF-Tomato guest hosted by Sanyukta,event by Kiran..

Tomato & Ginger Rasam

1/4cup Cooked toordal
2nos Tomatoes (ripen & juicy)
1tsp Peppercorns
1tsp Cumin seeds
1tsp Coriander seeds
1tbsp Ginger (chopped)
1no Tamarind (blueberry size)
Few curry leaves
1/4tsp Mustard seeds
2nos Dry red chillies
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
1/4tsp Cumin seeds
Salt
Oil

Dry roast the peppercorns, coriander seeds, cumin seeds..grind as fine powder..Now grind the tomatoes and ginger as fine paste..take the grounded paste, spice powder,salt,tamarind,cooked toor dal, add enough water..mix everything well..

Heat enough oil, fry the mustard seeds, dry red chillies, cumin seeds,curry leaves and asafoetida powder, add this tempered spice to the already prepared rasam, bring boil,cook for 2 minutes and put off the stove..

49 Expert Thoughts:

Angie's Recipes said...

Is rasam a soup? I would love one too.

divya said...

The rasam looks fantastic. Superb!!! :)

Suman Singh said...

wow that looks so hearty and comforting..would love to try this sometime..thanks for the recipe..

Premalatha Aravindhan said...

Yummy and delicious rasam!

Sailaja said...

perfect for this weather. Whole week I was drinking everyday rasam to reduce my cold :). Great recipe and lovely shot

Sensible Vegetarian said...

Love the color, my all time favorite comfort food, looks delicious.

Padma said...

Delicious rasam... perfect to have in winter.

Amritha Kalyani said...

i love rasam.. i can drink it just like that. yours looks so flavorful .. yummmm. i like the ginger part of it. haven't tried it with ginger.. will try this once.

savitha ramesh said...

Ginger in rasam,only priya can do.superb thought dear...

Elisabeth said...

Your Rasam looks amazing...would love some too!

Vidhya said...

Wish I had this yummy spicy rasam right now.I love having rasam as a soup specially on days I have a bad cold.Just mentioned this as Angie's Recipes had asked if this is a soup.

Sunshine said...

one of my fav when it comes to sounth indian dishes.. i can drink a cup everyday .. every single day :)

Torviewtoronto said...

this rasam looks good specially in the cold weather with rice superb

kothiyavunu.com said...

wow!! awesome combo..looks very tempting too!

My attempt at The Julie/Julia project said...

Wow.. perfect for winter.. yum :)

Kamakshi Prasanna said...

looks too yummy!!

Nammi said...

yumm, looks delicious

Smitha said...

superb rasam...I love drinking hot rasam...freshly made...makes me feel goooood inside!
Smitha
http://smithasspicyflavors.blogspot.com/

Harini said...

perfect for a winter day!

GEETHA ACHAL said...

மிகவும் அருமையாக இருக்கிண்றது...சூப்பர்

vidhas said...

Yummy rasam, looks inviting.

Hamaree Rasoi said...

hot and flavorful rasma...

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

aipi said...

Awesome combo..looks so warm n nice!

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Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said...

Love the color.

SavithaRaj's Spice Land said...

Yummy rasam with Toor dal and ginger !

Taste of Beirut said...

This soup is bright and warm and I would love to taste it!

Gayathri Kumar said...

Very tangy and comforting rasam..

Kalpana Sareesh said...

this should be so soothing for the throat..

Prathibha said...

Love d reason...I m sure ginger would have added nice flavor..I add ginger only to moong dal rasam..

Shobha said...

I simply love rasam.. just had rasam yesterday...nice to know more varieties and flavours of rasam

priya said...

love to have some rite now....looks so nice

Jaishree said...

Rasam looks delicious Priya. Love it!

Aruna Manikandan said...

delicious rasam dear :)

kaarasaaram.com said...

Tangy rasam... perfect for the chilly weather... u r right Priya, don't know when the sun god is going to come back..
Reva

SravsCulinaryConcepts said...

Rasam looks so tempting !!!!

Edible Art said...

this looks perfect right nowwww !
id love a bowl at this very moment, ill def. bookmark this for later use (:

its rainy here in california, and extremely windy atm,
as said above, this soup seems perfect !

PJ said...

Perfect for the cold weather..

Fimère said...

original et délicieux
bonne journée

sangeeta said...

This rasam looks just apt for me right now , want something tangy with ginger ...

Curry Leaf said...

Perfect Priya. Love the combo.

Cham said...

I have tasted once this ginger rasam, great for winter days!

jeyashrisuresh said...

never tried rasam by adding ginger.sounds yummy

Swathi said...

This rasam sounds delicious Priya.

Shanavi said...

I can slurp this rasam anytime yaar.. slurp slurp !!!

Sangi said...

ginger in rasam is very new to me... sure to try this...

Authenticoriyafood said...

Yummy rasam.....i love rasam...especially when i have a bad cold !! Pepper rasam is my fav !!

Archana said...

Lovely rasam Priya.

Soumya..... said...

Love to drink it anytime!

Swarnavalli Suresh said...

Nice tangy tasty rasam...Love it