RasamwithDhal

Paruppu Rasam or Rasam with Dhal:

A must required for our lunch, as my son and my hubby both are crazy of having rasam rice.

Toor Dhal with tomato is cooked for 4 to 5 whistles. (or till the dhal is properly cooked)
Prepare tadka with mustard seeds and curry leaves, which is nothing but once the oil is hot add mustard seeds and wait till it splutters, add curry leaves.
Add tamarind syrup and cooked tomato into the tadka and leave it to boil.
Add Rasam powder, salt and a little jaggery. Let it boil.
Add cooked dhal to rasam.

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SaturdayLunch_19Nov11

I was delighted to cook last Saturday, 19th Nov 2011 a variety of dishes viz., Rice, Dhal Fry, Rasam with Dhal, Beetroot Palya/Poriyal, Sweet Pongal and curds (of course, curds is just adding sour curds into the milk nothing more than that).

Sweet Pongal/Chakra Pongal

Beetroot Palya

Dhal Tadka

Rasam with Dhal

MosaruKodabale-MosaruNipatu

In the evening, I had prepared Mosaru Kodabale and Mosaru Nipatu. Thus was my beautiful Saturday.

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UllavaluRasam

Ullavalu is a telugu name for horsegram. Its tamil name is kollu.

Rasam is good for digestion. Its famous in South India and elders would prefer to have rasam in their food to ease the process of digestion, especially when there is heavy lunch/dinner.

Ingredients:

• Cooked ullavalu – 1 bowl
• Cooked ullavalu water
• Ripped tomatoes – 2 nos
• Tamarind Juice – 2 tsp
• Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
• Rasam Powder – 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Jaggery – a small one (just for taste)
• Crystal Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves - few

Method:

1. Grind cooked ullavalu and tomatoes to a paste
2. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds wait till it splutters, add curry leaves
3. Pour tamarind juice and once it starts boling
4. Add salt, rasam powder and jiggery, leave them to boil
5. Now put grinded mixture and cooked ullavalu water leave them to boil in a medium flame
6. Once it is completely boiled, sprinkle coriander leaves and serve them

This post is going to Healthy Cooking Challenge launched by Kavitha on Edible Entertainment.

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