
Ingredients
Horse Gram/Lentil/kollu – 3 Tbsp
Tomato – 1(Small)
Tamarind Juice – 1/4 Cup
Cumin – 1 and 1/2 tsp
Pepper – 1 tsp
Green Chili – 1 Number
Garlic – 4 Numbers
Hing/Asafoetida -1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
Oil – 1 tsp
Salt and Water – As needed
Curry n Coriander Leaves – As Required
Method
- Soak kollu for at least 7-8 hours or overnight (so it cooks easily) allow 3-4 whistles in pressure cooker with enough water and half quantity of cumin, pepper and 1 garlic.
- Mash the tomato with tamarind juice (Pic 1).
- Filter the kollu water/stock from the pressure cooker and keep aside (Pic 1).
- Grind halve of the cooked lentil with remaining cumin, pepper to fine paste, if needed add kollu stock while grinding (Pic 1).
- Mix tomato/tamarind juice and ground paste and keep aside (Pic 2).
- Make slits over the green chili (keep the edges intact).
- Heat oil sizzle mustard seeds, minced remaining garlic, hing, green chili, curry leaves then add the tamarind juice mixture when it starts boiling (Pic 3) adjust salt and remove from heat.
- Finally garnish rasam with coriander leaves.
Note:
My favorite kollu rasam aks… Nice click…
very healthy rasam….love ur clicks
Great photos and so yum!