paruppu rasam
Learn how to make paruppu rasam with garlic, tasty, easy south Indian rasam. Lots of toor dal and crushed garlic together gives a great flavour and taste.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- Toor dal/ thuvaram paruppu - ¼ cup
- Sambar powder - 1 tsp
- Tamarind - 1 small gooseberry sized
- Tomato - 1
- garlic - 12 large flakes
- turmeric - ¼ tsp
- Salt
To temper
- Mustard - ½ tsp
- cumin seeds/ Jeera - 1 tsp
- red chilies - 2
- curry leaves - 1 sprig
- Ghee - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Pressure cook dal,mash it .Soak tamarind in hot water and extract tamarind juice.
- Heat a heavy bottomed pan and temper with the tempering items given followed by tomatoes cut into big cubes.
- Fry for a minute or two and add the tamarind juice, turmeric, sambar powder and salt.
- Peel the garlic flakes (we should use more garlic,if you use the small variety, increase the number than mentioned) and crush them slightly.
- Add these into the rasam , followed by the cooked mashed dal. Mix well
- When it just starts to boiling and becomes frothy, transfer to the serving bowl and close immediately.