Saturday, June 27, 2020

Ajwain Leaves rasam (soup)

Ajwain leaves rasam or soup one recipe that you can have during cold and fever. This recipe can be prepared with or without dal but by addition cooked dal enhances the taste of this rasam.

Ingredients: 
  • 8-10 Ajwain leaves 
  • 2 medium sized tomato
  • 1/2 lemon sized tamarind
  • 1/2 lemon sized Jaggery
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1/2 tsp crushed pepper corns
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 green chili
  • 4-5 curry leaves
  • 2 tsp cooking oil / ghee
  • Salt as per your taste.

Instructions:
  1. Wash and chop Ajwain leaves and tomato. Also keep all other ingredients ready.
  2. Next heat a frying pan. Add in oil, broken red chili, mustard seeds and cumin seeds. 
  3. When the mustard seed splutters add in slit green chili and curry leaves. Followed by add in crushed black pepper and turmeric powder. Saute for few seconds.green chili and curry leaves for rasam
  4. Add chopped tomato and fry until tomatoes are soft.
  5. Add in finely chopped Ajwain leaves and fry until leaves are soft.
  6. Add salt, tamarind extract and jaggery. Also add in required water.
  7. Bring it to boil. 
  8. Serve it with hot rice. 

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