Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Kalancheri Rasam - (Sumangali Praarthanai Rasam)

Without  Rasam , the meal will not complete for us. Even though so many varieties of rasam we prepare , this rasam has  a special, unique  place .All the varieties  are  so tasty in Sumangali praarthanai, this rasam  has a unique taste and  we use  to drink  by making  our hands as  cup...
Ingredients-
Tamarind  - 1 gooseberry size( tamarind paste - 1  tsp)
Tomato - 1 ( finely chopped)
Hind  - 1 tsp( small piece- dry roast and powder - this gives extra flavour)
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - to garnish
To grind  (raw)
Thur dal - 1/2 tsp
Dania - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Jeeragam ( cumin seeds) - 1/2 tsp
Red chilly - 1
 Curry leaves- 10 to 12


Method:
   In a vessel  add  tamarind juice- 2 cups  , salt, tomato, hing, turmeric powder   and allow to boil till the raw smell vanishes .Then  in a mixie , grind the ingredients  given.Add this  in the  boiled  tamarind juice  mix it without  lumps.Add the required water ( nearly  11/4 cup) and allow to froth , temper mustard  seed in ghee   and  garnish with fresh coriander leaves and  afew pieces of   finely chopped tomato.This    gives crunchy  feelings , Close the lid  immediately after tempering, this retains the   coriander , pepper, jeera   flavour . Aroma filled  rasam ready.
 By  #OPOS

# OPOS .. Kalancheri Rasam .. which we used to prepare during Sumangali Praarthanai .for 2 cups of rasam
Ingredients :to grind (raw)- dania - 1/2 tsp, thur dal- 1/2 tsp, pepper - 1/2 tsp, jeeragan -cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp, curry leaves - 6 to 7 
red chilly - 1 
Tamarind paste - 1 1/2 tsp, salt - to taste, tomato- 1( if it is small add 2) hing- 1/2 tsp- (katti perungayam a small piece-roast and powder - this enhances flavour)
Tempering - mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp in ghee( only ghee, not oil)
Method : L1 - 2 tsp of oil , 3 tsp of water
L2- Tomato Scooped. filled with the ground spices with salt, tamarind paste in the tomato
L3 add 1/2 cup water side ways ( use pip 11/2 cup of water )
Cook for 2 whiltles/ 3 mins
open the lid,mash nicely add the water from the PIP add the tadka, garnish with few pieces of tomato, coriander leaves and close the lid for few minutes , allow the rasam to mediate for 5 minutes.Aroma filled rasam is ready , We use to drink this rasam by making the hands as cup 


 [In a 3lt ( 2 lt) cooker add  2 tsp of ghee and 2 tsp of water  and   scoop the  tomato and  fillthe  tomato with the grounded spices. tamarind   paste, hing    salt and cook for 3 mins , then   allow  to settle  the   steam,  the  mash  it  well and add  2 cups of water ( we can use the  water as PIP) ,add the tadka  in ghee, garnish with fresh coriander leaves, few pieces of tomato . , yummy  rasam is ready]

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