Rasam

When you google it you will get n number of rasam recipes but its always the recipe which is passed on to your  mom is used the most. This rasam is a comfort food for me. When you just want to eat something simple, something pipping hot, something for your sour throat or sometimes to go with rice and  mutton fry or sometimes just you want to drink a soup. My elder daughter just loves it. She won't  wait to eat it with the rice. Once the rasam is done, she takes it in a big glass and drinks it. I don't use store brough rasam powder and i never make rasam powder and store it. I always make rasam powder only for that day, fresh.

When i got married my sister took  all the ingredients in a small zip lock bag and told me to keep it as a ready reckoner. Here is my mom rasam recipe:-

Ingredients:-

Tomatoes  1 lbs
Tamarind small lemon size ball
Coriander leaves few
Garlic 1 crushed
Salt to taste

Rasam powder

Tur dal/kandi pappu 1 tsp
Red chilly 3
Pepper corn 10-15
Coriander seeds 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp

Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder.

For seasoning

Oil 2 tbsp
Rai 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves few
Hing a pinch

Method:-

Take out tamarind juice and discard the pulp.

Take chopped tomatoes in a bowl. Add salt,rasam powder,crushed garlic and coriander leaves. Mash it with one hand (wash your hands thoroughly).

In a pan take oil. Add all the seasonings. Once they flutter add the mashed tomatoes. Saute for a while and add the tamarind juice.

Let it come to boil and once froth starts forming switch off the flame and add more coriander leaves.

Serve hot with rice or just have it like soup.

Tomato Bath and 6 years of blogging

Yeah yeah i finished 6 years of food blogging. I have a tendency of getting bored of a thing which i do regularly and my blog doesn't come in that.  I am been in and out of the blogging last year..I am not able to devote much time to the blog as my priorities have changed over the time and its not that i am not interested. Active since last few days and hope to continue blogging. Amen to that.

I was never good in making upma. When mom was here i used to make her do upma and once she left i hardly made it. The other day husband was asking me to do it. So i thought of giving it a try and it did make out well much to my surprise.Here is the recipe :-

Ingredients:-

Sooji/Semolina/Bombay Rava 1 cup
Onions chopped 1
Green chillies 2 chopped finely
Ginger 2 inch piece and finely chopped
Tomatoes  3 finely chopped
Rai 1/4 tsp
Udat dal 1/4 tsp
Channa dal 1/4 tsp
Cashew nuts few
Curry leaves
Salt to taste
Oil tbsp

Method:-

Take a pan and dry roast semolina/sooji until the sooji changes colour and leaves nice aroma. Keep aside to cool.

In a pan take oil. Once hot add rai,udat dal, channa dal and curry leaves.

When rai spullter add ginger pcs and cashew nuts.

Saute for  min and add onions. Add salt.

Fry onions until light brown colour and add tomatoes.

Cook until tomatoes are cooked and oil starts forming at the sides.

Add 3 glasses of water. When water starts boiling add sooji slowly and continuously mixing.

Once all the sooji is added mix thoroughly so that lumps are not formed.

Cover and cook for another 3-4 minutes.

Serve hot with gun powder or sugar or with coconut chutney.

Ps:-Its 6 years not 5 years...my apologies.