(Dry Green Peas) Paruppu Urundai Rasam

We love rasam, its such a real comfort food... None at home cant finish their lunch without having rasam, i do prepare varieties of rasam with home made rasam powder..Earlier i have prepared dry green peas masala vadai and i prepared some steam cooked dumplings with the same batter and added those greeny balls to tangy tomato rasam, this delicious rasa urundai tastes really marvellous and this green peas steam cooked dumplings tastes too delicious as they were soaked in tangy tomato rasam...We enjoyed having this tangy as well as protien packed green peas dumplings rasam..Very different urundai rasam na! with fried papads this rasam tastes divine..

For Green Peas Dumplings:
1cup Dry Greenpeas (soaked overnite)
1no Onion (chopped)
2nos Green chillies (chopped)
1/2tsp Fennel seed powder
1tbsp Ginger (chopped)
2nos Cloves
1no Cinnamon stick (small)
3nos Curry leaves
Salt

For Tomato Rasam:
3nos Tomatoes (chopped)
1tsp Rasam powder
1/2cup Cooked dal water
1tsp Lemon juice
3nos Curry leaves
1/2tsp Mustard seeds+cumin seeds
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
2nos Dry red chillies
2tsbp Chopped coriander leaves
Salt
Oil

Grind the soaked dry green peas with cloves, cinnamon stick as coarse paste..add the chopped onions, chopped green chillies, fennel seed powder, chopped ginger, curryleaves, salt and mix everything well..make golf size balls from the batter and steam cook this balls for minutes...

Grind the chopped tomato pieces as puree, add the puree to the cooked dal water also add rasam powder, salt n 1/2cup water...heat a tsp of oil n add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida powder n red chillies n let them splutters, add the tomato n dal water immediately, drop the steam cooked green peas dumplings to the tomato & dal water, bring them to boil..put of the stove once they starts boiling, add the lemon juice n chopped coriander leaves..

Serve hot with rice!!