Rasam with Gooseberry | ఉసిరికాయల తో రసం - Gooseberries are very highly nutritious and rich in antioxidants. Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant and vital to your nervous system, immune system, and skin.
And, this rasam is an option for whom wants to avoid Tamarind in their diet. Very simple and easy. This can be served as hot soup or with rice. 😍💜
1. In a cooking vessel, add chopped tomatoes. Crush and squeeze the tomatoes with hand or with crusher.
2. Mark a slit on gooseberries and add them to tomatoes.
3. Add 2-3 glasses of water. Check the tanginess and add water accordingly.
4. Now add all the remaining ingredients - Turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt, pepper powder, ajwain, rasam powder, curry leaves & coriander leaves.
5. Put this on stove and boil it on medium flame for 10 - 15minutes. At this point, rasam level also decreases.
6. Once Rasam is boiled, take a tadka pan and heat 1tbsp of oil.
7. Add all tadka ingredients one after one and saute them well for a minute or two on low - medium flame. Mix well to avoid burning.
8. Pour this Tadka on rasam and serve hot with hot rice. Tastes like Tamarind rasam. Also, don't forget to eat gooseberries... :) Enjoy and get so many health benefits from this Gooseberry Rasam.
Palak Rasam / Spinach Rasam - is a healthy recipe can be prepared in less time. Tangy in taste as we added tamarind juice to Palak. Very simple and delicious. 😋
Kids who don't like palak, will definitely like to have this with rice. 😍💜
1. Take a pan and add chopped spinach / Palak, green chilis, turmeric powder and salt. Add little water to it.
2. Put the lid and cook it on low-medium flame until Spinach is well cooked.
3. Let it cool and grind it to make a fine paste. This paste can be prepared and stored in freezer for 2 weeks. With this paste, you can prepare palak paneer, palak poori, palak paratha... so many varieties in less time.
4. Soak tamarind in a cup of water and squeeze juice from it.
4. Take a pan and heat oil.
5. Add mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds, red chilis, curry leaves, hing and cloves. Saute them well on low medium flame.
6. Add chopped onions and saute them until onions become translucent.
7. Add turmeric powder, red chili powder and mix well.
8. Add grounded spinach paste and mix well.
9. Add extracted tamarind juice of 1cup or as per the sour taste.
10. Check sour taste and add salt to taste accordingly.
11. Add one glass of water and cook it on low medium flame until you get a desired consistency. You can make it as thick or thin as rasam.
11. Transfer it to a bowl and serve hot with Rice or Roti.
Rice is the good combination to enjoy this healthy tangy spinach/palak rasam.
Rasam is a South Indian traditional recipe usually served with rice. It can also be served as hot soup. This traditional recipe is all about boiling herbs and spices in Tamarind Juice and Tomato.
Rasam, it has many health benefits. It is very good for digestive system. 😍
Mix this Rasam with hot rice and enjoy the flavorful and tasty meal. Definitely, you will crave for more. 😋😋💜
1. Take tamarind in a bowl and add some water to soak. Keep it aside for at least 5 minutes.
2. Sqeeze juice from soaked tamarind by adding water to it. Add a glass of water and squeeze juice and pour it to another vessel without pulp. Do this process for 2-3 times until all the juice extracted from the tamarind.
3. Take a tomato and add roughly chopped pieces into tamarind juice. Crush and mix it well along with Tamarind juice.
4. Now, check the sour taste and add sufficient water to fill the vessel.
5. Now, add turmeric powder, red chili powder. You can skip adding red chili powder to reduce the spice.
6. Add pepper powder, carom seeds (ajwain, Vaamu)
7. Add Green Chilis.
8. Add curry leaves with stem. This will give you a nice flavor to Rasam.
9. Coriander stems & leaves and Ajwain Leaf. Adding Ajwain leaf to rasam is completely optional as it won't be available at all places. However, the leaf has many herbal properties. Adding it to Rasam, will enhance the flavor as well as adds health benefits.
All these ingredients have many herbal properties which helps for a healthy digestive system.
So, if possible, try to add all the herbs to get the flavorful Rasam. Definitely, you would love the taste & and flavor.
6. Add Salt as per the taste.
7. Bring this Rasam to boil on low medium flame. Don't put the flame on high as it will bubble up and overflow.
8. Turn off the flame once Rasam is well mixed with all the herbs and spices.
9. Take a tadka pan and heat 2tsp of oil or Ghee.
10. Add all tadka ingredients one by one and saute well.
11. Pour this tadka on Rasam and garnish with coriander leaves.
11. Transfer Rasam to a serving bowl and serve hot.
12. You can have this Rasam with Rice or you can drink it as a hot soup. Healthy & Tasty.
