Rasam is a nothing but a South Indian soup. It's made with yellow lentils, tamarind, tomatoes and rasam podi. It is served with rice or as a soup. In South Indian meals, rasam is served after sambar followed by yogurt and all these saucy dishes are served with rice. Rasam has a watery consistency and can be flavored with cilantro, mint leaves, pineapple, oranges, lemon. My mother makes more than eighteen varieties of rasam at home.
In Tamil nadu (where I come from), rasam is predominantly made with tamarind/tomato juice and tempered with basic spices. For an added depth in flavor, ghee is drizzled on top before serving. Whatever is the type rasam you are making, you should have a reliable rasam podi. They must be well balanced with the flavors and grind them and store for 1-2 months in a airtight container. Remember this ratio for the spices - peppercorns:cumin seeds: coriander seeds = 1 :1.5 :2. The math is simple just double the amount of coriander seeds to the amount of pepper corns and cumin seeds will be half the value more than the amount of pepper corns.
Ingredients
50grams black pepper corns
75 grams cumin seeds / jeera
100grams coriander seeds /dania
1/2 tablespoon yellow split peas/ toor dhal
10-12 dried curry leaves
5 dry red chillies
Method
Dry fry the above ingredients and let it cool. Grind them into a coarse powder. Store it in an air-tight container and can be used for 1-2 months.
Check the recipes for rasams here.
50grams black pepper corns
75 grams cumin seeds / jeera
100grams coriander seeds /dania
1/2 tablespoon yellow split peas/ toor dhal
10-12 dried curry leaves
5 dry red chillies
Method
Dry fry the above ingredients and let it cool. Grind them into a coarse powder. Store it in an air-tight container and can be used for 1-2 months.
Check the recipes for rasams here.
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