Chettinad Rasam

Chettinad Rasam is an ideal lunch recipe served with rice and pappad.

Ingredients:

Toor Dal : 1 cup

Tomato (diced) : 1 piece

Tamarind juice : 1/2 cup

Ginger (crushed) : 1 tsp.

Garlic Cloves (crushed) : 6 pieces

Coriander Seeds : 1 tsp.

Methi seeds : 1 tsp.

Mustard seeds : 1 tsp.

Pepper : 1 tsp.

Cumin Seeds : 1 tsp.

Saunf : 2 tsp.

Red chillies : 2-3 pieces

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method :

• Cook dal in pressure cooker till it is soft.
• Take a pan and dry roast pepper, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, saunf, coriander seeds, red chillies, methi seeds and grind it to make powder.
• Take a saucepan and heat 2 tsp oil in it. When hot, put mustard seeds in it along with 1/2 tsp cumin seeds.
• When the seeds are crackle, put 1 red chilli and saute. Now put chopped tomatoes, tarmarind juice, ginger, garlic, salt to taste, the prepared spice powder and 1 cup water.
• Cover it and let it cook till it gives a special aroma of cooked masala.
• Add cooked toor dal, cover it and let it boil for another 3-5 minutes.
• Garnish it with freshly chopped coriander leaves.

  Sending this recipe to Radhika's "CBB Series #2 ~ Chettinad Special"