Tamarind rasam recipe | How to make South style imli - pulli rasam

My stay in south india introduce me to various variety of dosa,idlis,utapams,adais ,sambhars & rasams.Both of us have become fans of rasams.



I can guarantee once you taste rasam you will also fall in love with rasam rice and papad combo which is a comforting food in itself.

I have already blogged about tomato rasam,Milagau(pepper jeera) rasam ,Dal rasam.

Todays menu is tamarind rasam which is sour & spicy ie khatta meetha

You can use store bought or home made rasam powder for this .I suggest to use freshly ground rasam powder as it will be economical,hygienic & will take your rasam to a different level.

So here we go

Ingredients


Rasam Powder 2-3 tbsp
Tamarind big lemon sized ball
Tomato - 1 small optional
pinch - turmeric

To temper 
Oil- 2 tbsp
Hing - 1 tsp
2-3 garlic cloves crushed
Mustard -1 tsp
Curry leaves few
red /green chilies - 2 broken into 2 pieces


Method :

1.Soak tamarind in water for 10-15 mins and extract the pulp and dilute the tamarind pulp with approx 1- 1 1/4 cups of water.

2.Now to a pan add oil and after it heats up add hing,mustard seeds and let it splutter.Then add garlic cloves,curry leaves, red/green chillies saute for a minute.If using tomato add at this stage and saute till it softens

4. Now add salt, turmeric powder, rasam powder and saute. 

5.Now  add the tamarind water  and stir well. when you see bubbles forming on the sides (It takes just 5 minutes) of the bowl remove from flame and serve!