Mysore Rasam Powder Ingredients

• Channa dhal – one teaspoon.
• Coconut – two tbsp. grated
• Coriander seeds – one teaspoon.
• Red Chilly – one

Rasam Ingredients

• Asafetida – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Green Chillies – two
• Rasam Powder – one one/two teaspoon.
• Tamarind – one small
• Tomatoes – three
• Toor Dal – 1/4 cup

Seasoning

• Coriander Leaves – two tablespoon
• Curry Leaves – one sprig
• Mustard Seeds – one teaspoon.
• Oil – two teaspoon.

Method

1. Pressure cook toor dal with turmeric powder
2. Mash the cooked toor dal into a fine consistency and keep it aside.
3. Roast all the Rasam Powder ingredients and keep it aside. Once cool grind the ingredients into coarse powder.
4. Cut tomato into fine pieces or mash it with your hand and extract tomato puree
5. Soak tamarind in 2-1/2 cups of water till the pulp gets softened. Once soft squeeze tamarind extract to a thick consistency. Filter it in a sieve and keep it aside.
6. Now mix tomato puree and tamarind extract together.
7. Add green chili (longitudinally cut), asafetida, salt, and freshly grind rasam powder and boil this liquid till the raw smell of the tomato and tamarind gets vanished.
8. Add mashed dal and sufficient water and let it boil under sim flame for one or two minutes.
9. Once it boils with bubbles remove the vessel from the stove.
10. Heat oil or ghee in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter and add some chopped coriander and curry leaves
11. Now your hot steaming Mysore rasam ready.
12. Serve it hot with steaming plain white rice. You may also serve rasam in cups. It will cure all digestive and cold problems. You will feel the relief on the same day.