Spicy Andhra Rasam / Spicy Andhra tomato Rasam

This Andhra style rasam is like the big daddy of all rasams you had ever tasted spicy to it's core and loaded with flavour of garlic, tamarind, roasted fresh coconut various other spices.. As its all siblings this spicy andhra rasam is best enjoyed with a steamed rice, papad, poriyal, a delicious chutney...

Tried it during a winter and see how your body heatup from inside.. The spicy south indian fare is also know as Poondu rasam in Tamilnadu.. Normally you don't add coconut in rasam, but this is a different style of rasam and it's it so yummy..

My hubby started to drinking this like a soup.. so you must try this rasam and let me know how it's turns out from you....

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 15 mins

Serve - 4 

Recipe cuisine : Andhra cuisine

Recipe category - Lunch Ideas..

INGREDIENTS :

Tomato - 2 (chopped)

Boiled toor dal - 1 cup

Tamarind dal - 1 cup

Salt - as needed

Coriander leaves - few (chopped)

Garlic cloves - 6 nos (crushed)

TO ROAST AND GRIND :

Dry red chilli - 6 nos

Coriander seeds - 1 tbspn

Pepper - 1/2 tspn

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn

Bengal gram / Kadalai paruppu - 1 tspn

Fresh coconut - 1/4 cup (grated)

oil - 1 tspn

TO TEMPER :

Coconut oil - 1 tspn

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn

Curry leaves - few

METHOD :

• First roast the given ingredients with a spoon of oil in a pan, and make it a smooth paste..
• Then again heta a pan with oil and add in chopped tomatoes..
• Allow the tomato to little mushy and then add in turmeric powder..
• Now add in masala puree and little water..
• Cook it for a min and add in cooked dal, mix well
• Then add in tamarind water, salt, and allow to boil for 5 mins..
• When it almost done switch off the flame and add in coriander leaves and crushed garlic and mix well. Keep aside.
• Now heat small pan with tempered items and pour this to the prepared rasam..
• Give it a mix and then leave the rasam in the pan itself for 15 mins..
• After 15 mins transfer them into a serving bowl.
• Enjoy with steamed white rice and spicy sidedish ..

PICTORIAL :

Take all roated ingredients 

Take all your ingredients

Heat a pan with oil

Add fresh coconut

Other ingredients

Roast till light brown

Allow to cool completely

Transfer them to a plate

Make it into a paste

Heat a pan with oil

Add chopped onion

When it became mushy, add turmeric powder

Add in masala paste

Add little water

Mix well

Now add in boiled dal

Good amount of tamarid water

Add some salt

Allow to boil for 5 mins

Now it's alomst done

Swich off the flame, and add in conander leaves

Now add in crushed garlic

Now give it a mix

Heat a pan with coconut oil

Add in mustard seeds

Add in cumin seeds and curry leaves

When it's done pour to the rasam

Give a mix

Keep it for 15 mins in the pan

Pour it to a serving bowl

Yummy andhra rasam is done

Enjoy..