Receta Mor Rasam (Buttermilk Rasam)
This is one recipe that I have been wanting to make for quite some time now. When my yogurt-phobic husband is around, I usually stay away from yogurt based recipes. But when he's traveling, I go all out making my favorite foods.
On one such occasion when my husband was away, I made this mor rasam. Adding dal to with buttermilk to make rasam is new to me.It turned out delicious -- goes perfect with some steamed rice. Recipe is from Chandra Padmanabhan's Dakshin.
Ingredients:
- Toor dal - ¼cup
- Sour buttermilk - 1cup, whisked
- Tomato - 1 medium, quartered
- Salt - to taste
- For the Spice paste:
- Dry red chilies - 4
- Coriander seeds - 1tsp
- Toor dal - 1tsp
- Fenugreek seeds (Methi seeds) - ¼tsp
- Black Peppercorns - ¼tsp
- Hing/ Asafoetida - ½tsp
- For Tempering:
- Mustard seeds - 1tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1tsp
Dry red chili -1, broken
Curry leaves - 8~10
Method:
Make the Spice Paste: Heat 2tsp ghee in a pan; add all the ingredients for the spice paste and fry till they smell fragrant. Make sure not to burn them. Cool and grind to a fine paste adding very little water.
Pressure cook the dal.
To the cooked dal, add 1cup water, tomato, salt and simmer till the tomatoes are tender.
Add the ground spice paste and simmer for 2 minutes.
Heat 2tsp ghee in a small pan; add all the ingredients for tempering. When the seeds start to splutter, add it to the rasam. Turn off the heat.
Pour in the sour buttermilk. Mix well. Serve hot with rice.
Linking this to Valli's 'Cooking from Cookbook Challenge: March -- Week 2'.
Also linking to Fabulous Feast Friday# 5, being hosted by Mir & Sandhya.