South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam
South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, south-indian garlic soup / poondu rasam. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Garlic rasam also known as poondu rasam is a spicy, sour rasam tempered with garlic and spices. I make rasam on a regular basis and in this rainy cold weather, I prepare This poondu rasam does not make use Of readymade rasam powder and cooked dal (lentils). Goes very well with steamed rice. Roast the masala on a slow flame only, else it might.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook south-indian garlic soup / poondu rasam using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam:
  1. Take 2-3 tablespoons Tamarind/ imli
  2. Make ready 2-3 Garlic
  3. Prepare 1 large Tomato
  4. Get 2 Green chilles
  5. Make ready 1/4 cup Toor dal/ split dehusked yellow lentil
  6. Get 7-8 leaves Curry
  7. Take 1/4 cup Coriander leaves with stalk
  8. Take to taste Salt
  9. Get 1/8 teaspoon Hing/aesafoetida
  10. Prepare 2 teaspoons Sambar powder (optional)
  11. Make ready 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
  12. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  13. Make ready 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
  14. Get 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  15. Prepare 1 teaspoon ghee
  16. Take 2 teaspoon chopped coriander leaves for garnish

I always make rasam by adding toordal and without garlic. We call it tomato rasam/parupu rasam. My mom makes the garlic rasam when we were running out of cold and cough and during rainy day nights. This is optional and you can skip if you don't have this ingredient.

Steps to make South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam:
  1. Tie coriander leaves with it's stalk using a clean thread and make a bundle. Chop chillies and tomato.
  2. Wash and Soak toor dal for few minutes, add pinch of turmeric and cook with extra water until nice and mushy.
  3. In a pan add ghee, cumin, aesafoetida, chilli and garlic. Roast for few seconds.
  4. Add tomatoes and tamarind and roast. Add sambar, chilli, 1/8 teaspoon turmeric and coriander powders. Mix and cook for few seconds.
  5. Add salt and mix.
  6. Add 3 cups warm water
  7. Put the coriander bundle prepared earlier.
  8. Let this Rasam masala cook and reduce until only 1/4 remaining.
  9. This looks reduced and also raw smell has gone.
  10. Now add the watery part of the cooked lentils. Use remaining dal to mix with rice.
  11. Discard the coriander bundle.
  12. Let the mixture come to one boil.
  13. Add chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

My mom makes the garlic rasam when we were running out of cold and cough and during rainy day nights. This is optional and you can skip if you don't have this ingredient. Now take the tamarind water in a heavy saucepan, add the rasam powder, the remaining cilantro and let the mixture come to a slow boil on a medium flame. The Chettinad Style Poondu Rasam Recipe is a lip smacking rasam recipe, that is packed with flavors from the fresh rasam powder that is added along with the garlic in a the ghee tadka. Rasam is a traditional South Indian soup that is made using the juice of particular vegetables or even fruits.

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