That’s one weird title I agree 😄! Hey but guess who loves slurping the rasam at south Indian weddings? Me! I am that person who skips sambar to directly have rasam. No wonder I tried learning what magic spices do thay add that it tastes this heavenly!! After a hell lot of surfing multiple cookery books and websites I finally came across that secret recipe from Anitha Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy’s youtube video.
Believe me, that was it! I tried it right away and to my surprise it came out extraordinarily awesome!
Rasam powder: (This is the key! Don’t mess up the proportions)
Tur dal - 200 gm
Black pepper corns - 75 gm
Fennel seeds - 75 gm
Coriander seeds - 30 gm
Asafoetida powder - 10 gm
Turmeric powder - 10 gm
Dry red chillies- 15 - 20
Curry leaves - a hand full
Dry roast them all individually except turmeric powder for 2-3 minutes with continuous stirring. Roast the asafoetida powder also so that it gives the aroma. Dry roast the fresh curry leaves such that they loose the water content and becomes dry. Make sure you dont dry roast the pepper corns way too much else it will start tasting bitter. Once all of them are dry roasted, grind them into fine powder and store them in an air tight container to lock the aroma :)
Rasam:
To pressure cook for 6 whistles:
Big ripen tomatoes finely chopped - 2
Garlic pearls - 4
Coriander leaves - 1/4th of a hand full
Curry leaves - 6
Green chilli- 1
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Tamarind- 1/2 of gooseberry in size
Water - 300 ml
Once the pressure subsidies, open the cooker and mash the tomatoes in case if you didnt chop it finely. Add 5 more semi crushed garlic pearls to it and add 3 tablespoons of the prepared rasam powder without lumps. Let it boil in high flame for 10 minutes. Add 1/4th teaspoon of sugar or jaggery. Temper mustard seeds in 2 tablespoons of oil and add to it. Garnish with a 1/4th hand full of fresh coriander on top of it.
Serve hot with boiled rice (basmati my fav) and spicy potato fry (use chicken 65 masala and pepper powder instead of chilli powder) as sides.
You are welcome! :)
I was so keen in trying that I forgot to take pictures. Will upload them when I prepare again :)