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Home » FESTIVAL RECIPES » Tamil New Year Recipes » Veppam poo rasam recipe | Tamil new year recipes

Veppam poo rasam recipe | Tamil new year recipes

April 11, 2012 by Raks Anand 54 Comments /

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Neem flower rasam / Veppampoo rasam is one which I used to hate. Mom always insists to add some bitter taste in diet at least once in a week or month. But never followed her words…;) She every time collects neem flower from our backyard(tree) and preserves and pass to me. But I keep it in Chennai itself and come. This time when I saw the neem flowers given by her in Chennai, I felt bad and Vj too asked me to take it and try some thing with it. So I took and came to SG. I took the recipe for rasam from her and it sounded damn easy!  I decided the very instant to try this out.

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Actually we make it specially for Thamizh new year. We make mango pachadi, neem rasam compulsorily as its meant to include all the tastes-sweet and tangy taste from mango pachadi, salt and bitterness from this neem rasam, on the very first day of Tamil new year, so that we can be prepared for all the situations in our life throughout the year. So I thought of making and posting here. This year we have no celebrations as my paati passed away. The moment I made this rasam, the whole house was filled with aroma, and I was so tempted to eat rice with the rasam immediately. It tastes and smells great! And above all its good for health. I do have a thogayal recipe with neem flower, will post that soon as well 🙂

roasted-neem-flower

Veppam poo Rasam recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 20 mins    |  Serves: 3

Ingredients

Neem flower (veppam poo) – 1 tblsp


Tamarind – Gooseberry sized


Salt – As needed


Sugar – 1/2 tsp


Turmeric – 1/8 tsp


To Temper

Ghee – 1 tsp


Mustard – 1 tsp


Red chillies – 4-5


Urad dal – 1 tsp


Toor dal – 1 tsp


Curry leaves – 1 sprig


Asafoetida – 3 pinches


Method

  1. Extract tamarind juice, keep aside. Heat a pan and roast the neem flower until u can smell a nice aroma and turns deep red.Keep aside. Add ghee in the pan and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add the tamarind extract,salt and turmeric.veppam poo rasam step 1
  2. Bring to boil. Switch off the stove and add the roasted neem flower and mix well.veppam poo rasam step 2

Notes

  • Roast the neem flower carefully in medium flame until nice aroma rises.
  • Do not boil after adding the neem flower.
  • Stays good for 2 days even, if kept refrigerated!

When I finished making the rasam, the whole house was filled with aroma! I could not resist the smell of the rasam…! A healthy rasam is ready!

neem-flower-rasam 

வேப்பம பூ

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Comments

  1. Shabitha Karthikeyan

    April 11, 2012 at 11:52 pm

    When I see this rasam I get reminded of my Mom. Would love to have it with hot rice.

    Reply
  2. hariharan

    April 12, 2012 at 12:02 am

    your recipes remind me of my patti…I would just drink this rasam piping hot as soon as she made it.She passed away last year and I haven't made this rasam since then.

    Reply
  3. Pavithra Elangovan

    April 12, 2012 at 12:24 am

    Oooooooooh I love this a lot Raji..My dabba is already empty 🙂 I miss Veppam poo now 🙂 Yumm 🙂

    Reply
  4. Pavithra Elangovan

    April 12, 2012 at 12:27 am

    Oh we make rice and rasam with veppam poo, never made thogayal. Do share it for sure 🙂

    Reply
  5. Akila

    April 12, 2012 at 1:06 am

    Rasam looks awesome… Feeling proud of our culture which taught us so many good n healthy things. But now a days we forget to follow it…

    Reply
  6. Premalatha Aravindhan

    April 12, 2012 at 1:18 am

    wow aromatic rasam,love to have a glass rite now…yummy:)

    Reply
  7. Vardhini

    April 12, 2012 at 1:20 am

    Yummy rasam and I make it once in a while. Neatly presented Raks.

    Vardhini
    CooksJoy

    Reply
  8. Srimathi

    April 12, 2012 at 1:28 am

    Its a staple in my house. I like it and have it once a week.The rasam is the ultimate though.

    Reply
  9. Home Cooked Oriya Food

    April 12, 2012 at 1:40 am

    its a new one for me… looks yum!

    Reply
  10. GEETHA ACHAL

    April 12, 2012 at 2:54 am

    wow…Healthy and yummy rasam…Used to have this rasam in my grandma home….Now its very rare to see it…

    Reply
  11. San

    April 12, 2012 at 3:10 am

    This rasam is completely new to me, interesting and healthy rasam to try out raji.

    Reply
  12. Nagalakshmi V

    April 12, 2012 at 3:10 am

    heard about this a lot but never tried before. must smell delicious!

    Reply
  13. Sudha Sabarish

    April 12, 2012 at 3:35 am

    Wow flavourful and healthy rasam.Easy to make.

    Reply
  14. Aarthi

    April 12, 2012 at 3:46 am

    what a healthy looking rasam..will try it soon..

    Reply
  15. Hema

    April 12, 2012 at 3:55 am

    Very healthy, have never tried this and such beautiful clicks..

    Reply
  16. Vigna

    April 12, 2012 at 4:13 am

    வேப்பம்பூ ரசம் – மாங்கா ஸ்வீட் பச்சடி – சித்திரை முதல் நாள் அன்னிக்கி நம்ம உணவுல அறுசுவையும் இருக்கணும்னு நினைச்ச நம்ம முன்னோர்கள் புத்திசாலிதனத்த பாராட்டியே ஆகணும்..

    Timely posting Raji – Well done!

    Reply
  17. PriyaVaasu

    April 12, 2012 at 4:27 am

    so nostalgic Raks!!! amma used to make it often!!! I used to pack some here when i come back from vacation!!!! Love that aroma!!!!

    Reply
  18. Anonymous

    April 12, 2012 at 4:32 am

    I've never heard of neem flowers used in rasam. So drool-worthy!!!

    Kiran @ KiranTarun.com

    Reply
  19. Gayathri NG

    April 12, 2012 at 5:23 am

    usually we do vepam Podi rice but never tasted rasam, looks tempting n Flavourfull rasam…

    Reply
  20. Vimitha Anand

    April 12, 2012 at 5:26 am

    Very new recipe… Healthy one… Thanks for sharing dear

    Reply
  21. Hamaree Rasoi

    April 12, 2012 at 5:30 am

    nice and healthy rasam, new thing to leanr use neem flowers

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  22. Rasi

    April 12, 2012 at 5:53 am

    my MIL makes this rasam too & is super tasty :).. Have to hunt for this.. been ages since i did it!

    Ongoing Event : WTML

    Reply
  23. Kalpana Sareesh

    April 12, 2012 at 6:52 am

    wow aromatic rasam.. at our home we saute the poo in ghee n then we add it..n tamil new year recipes at the top all makes me crave badly..

    Reply
  24. Kaveri Venkatesh

    April 12, 2012 at 9:15 am

    Have heard a lot about this rasam…but never tried it…looks very nice

    Reply
  25. S.Menaga

    April 12, 2012 at 9:40 am

    Nice n healthy rasam!!

    Reply
  26. Sayantani

    April 12, 2012 at 9:52 am

    love such traditional recipes…so good that you still manage to make this. wish could taste this.

    Reply
  27. Sharmilee! :)

    April 12, 2012 at 10:29 am

    Sounds new to me…havent tasted it. Looks flaovurful!

    Reply
  28. jeyashrisuresh

    April 12, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Even i am not a big fan of this rasam but my hubby loves it. My mil makes this in the same way. Simple and perfect recipe and posted on a perfect time

    Reply
  29. Priya

    April 12, 2012 at 11:27 am

    Even its a must for us along with mangai pachadi, am not a big fan of this rasam before,but now am missing it..

    Reply
  30. notyet100

    April 12, 2012 at 11:29 am

    This is new for me ,looks yum,,,

    Reply
  31. lata raja

    April 12, 2012 at 11:33 am

    I too have to use the dried neem flower for the new year in the pachchidi. The neem trees are in full bloom in November in Nigeria. I make the rasam on normal cooking days only.
    This rasam is quite light and soothing.

    Reply
  32. Laavanya

    April 12, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    My mom would add some of the vepampoo to the mangai pachadi too and I would beg her to keep some of the pachadi aside w/o it so the bitter taste wouldn't spoil the deliciousness… but nowadays I miss the healthy aspects of vepampoo.. maybe i should get some dried flowers too and try this rasam.

    Reply
  33. Priti

    April 12, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    New for me and very interesting …looks yum for sure

    Reply
  34. Mandira

    April 12, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    so glad I saw this post Raks. I have some roasted neem flower and now I can make this. Thanks!

    Reply
  35. Suja Manoj

    April 12, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    Sounds healthy rasam,new to me..yum

    Reply
  36. Kalyani

    April 12, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    payasam looks deliicous ……

    Reply
  37. Nagashree

    April 12, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    I had heard about the neem flower rasam, never tried it. Next time I get neem flowers, I will try this.

    Reply
  38. Chitra

    April 13, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    Its been a long time we had this. u tempted me to make.:)

    Reply
  39. Spice up the Curry

    April 13, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    this is looking awesome and delicious

    Reply
  40. Anu

    April 13, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    Healthy rasam. I too do this but tried only once.

    Reply
  41. Mahi

    April 13, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    One of my friend has given me couple of packets of this neem flower Raji..its been sitting in the pantry for months! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  42. Nithya

    April 14, 2012 at 1:35 am

    Do we get veppam poo in sg? Great post.

    Reply
  43. Aruna Manikandan

    April 14, 2012 at 5:56 am

    Healthy and delicious rasam raji 🙂

    Reply
  44. Prathibha

    April 14, 2012 at 9:59 am

    very nicely made rasam..love 2 hv it wid rice..happy new year raji

    Reply
  45. faseela

    April 14, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    yummy nhealthy rasam…

    Reply
  46. Deeps @ Naughty Curry

    April 15, 2012 at 7:44 am

    happy new year to u! i too find neem extremely bitter, reading this brought back memories of how mom wud compulsaruly giv it to me 😀

    Reply
  47. Shobha Kamath

    April 15, 2012 at 11:39 am

    Looks delicious ! This is new to me.

    Reply
  48. Raji

    April 16, 2012 at 11:05 am

    It's long since I had this rasam…looks really appetising…superb Raks.

    Reply
  49. elam

    December 20, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    i didn't know how to do neem poo rasam. its very help full 2me.warm thanks 2 u.

    Reply
  50. Mila Krish

    April 14, 2013 at 2:28 pm

    Hi Raji,
    I love bitter taste. My mom introduced bitter melon to me in a very early age, so I still eat with passio. I really would like to try this, but I am in USA and I am not sure where I can buy VEPPAM POO. Do you know where I can buy it?
    Mila

    Reply
  51. shankar~selina

    June 3, 2015 at 9:04 am

    Tomatoes not added to this rasam?

    Reply
  52. Raks anand

    June 3, 2015 at 9:22 am

    No we make this without tomato only. It will be nice, try and see

    Reply
    • Priya S

      March 23, 2020 at 4:09 am

      Hi Raji, Don’t we add any rasappodi or ground cumin, pepper, garlic?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        March 23, 2020 at 10:00 am

        Nothing Priya, Just killi potta red chillies. If it is seeps in oil well, it gets enough spice from it. The veppampoo lends the flavour for the rasam and we let it alone for best results 🙂 One more option: You can just add crushed roasted veppam poo to your favorite rasam at the end immediately after switching off. Hope this helps

        Reply

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