Prepare Agni Boosting Ayurvedic Dish Rasam

Ingredients

• Tuvar Dal (Sambhar dal) – 250g
• Tamarind pulp
• Water – 1litre
• Onion, tomato – 1each
• Salt to taste

Spices

• Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoonful
• Chilli powder -1 teaspoonful
• Coriander powder – 1 teaspoonful
• Black pepper powder – ½ teaspoonful
• Cumin seeds – ½ teaspoonful
• Garlic – 5- 10 pods
• Ginger – a small piece
• Pinch of asafoetida powder.

Seasoning

• Oil, curry leaves, and mustard
• Chopped coriander leaves for serving

How to prepare:-

• Cook tuvar Dal (250g) in 1 litre water. Strain and collect the soup.
• Mix the soup with Squeezed tamarind pulp, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and black pepper powder.
• Crush and add Cumin seeds, Garlic pods, piece of ginger, chopped onion, tomato, and pinch of asafoetida powder.
• Add salt to taste and bring the soup to boil
• After boiling, Season with oil, curry leaves, and mustard.  Filter or decant the clear RASAM.
• Serve with chopped coriander leaves

Properties

• Appetizer
• Relieves Anorexia
• Carminative and digestive
• Good for common cold and flu
• Balances vata
• Increases pitta

Note:-

Rasam can be prepared even without the initial dal soup. In this, plain water is added to tamarind pulp to make tamarind water.

• The rasam with additional fried cumin powder is known as cumin rasam (jeera rasam).
• Similarly adding more black pepper to it makes pepper rasam
• Adding more Garlic to around 30 cloves makes a garlic rasam, it helps eliminate the Flatulence and feces, relieves abdominal distension, reduces cholesterol and prevents heart disease