Araitha Poondu Rasam( Grinded Garlic Rasam)

You must have already seen my old posts about Garlic Rasam. Actually, that is simple one and quick one too. But if you got time, you can grind some few ingredients and i bet its worth doing it. The product at last is very very yummy...You can't resist it.

Hats off to my akka, whom I learned it from. She keeps the tradition alive by keeping rasam in the lead vessel. Actually she prepares in stainless steel an pour it off in lead vessel, which adds more taste to the rasam. But as you know, Lead is strictly No-No... Its not good for health also.So she stopped doing that :-(

Okay, here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Tamarind - 1/2 size lemon
[ extract tamarind juice from the tamarind by heating it with water ]
Garlic - 10-15 cloves peeled
Turmeric powder- 1/2 spn
Tomato - 1 Chopped finely
cooked Toor Dal- 1-2 spn
Ghee - 1- 2spns
Salt

to Fry & Grind:

Channa dal - 1 spn
Daniya - 1 spn
Long red chillies- 2
Pepper/milagu - 5
And Jeera -1 spn
Garlic- 2-3 cloves

Method:

1) In a small vessel or Kadai, Pour ghee and Add Mustard. Wait till it splutters, add Garlic and fry till it turns light brown.

2) Add tomatoes and the tamarind juice and salt.

3) While its boiling, take a small kadai aside and pour oil and start frying and grinding the whole powder/mixture.

4)Once the grinded mixture is ready, pour it in the vessel and add cooked toor dal.

Atlast Garnish with Coriander leaves, Curry leaves :-) Yummy araitha poondu rasam is ready.