Healthy 'Indian Rasam' Recipe

How to prepare a healthy rasam

'Rasam' is of the most nutritious meal and an antioxidant dish which is consumed by Indians all around the world daily in their meals. This meal helps to remove unnecessary gas, acidic and also neutralizes our stomach acidity. Rasam also heals excessive heat and wind in our system. Thus it helps to cure gastric problems.

Ingredients
Garlic - 3
Onions - 2
Cumin seeds - 1tsp
Fennel seeds - 1tsp
Coriander seeds - 1tsp
Curry Leaves - 1tbsp
Black Pepper seeds - 1tsp
mustard seeds - 1tbsp
Turmeric - 1tsp
Horse gram ("Kollu")- 1sp
Red dry chili- 2
Asiatic Pennyworth leaves("Valarai")-10g(optional)
Joyweed leaves ("Ponangani")-10g(optional)
Coriander leaves- 1 handful

Step 1: The core ingredients to prepare rasam is to pound coriander seeds, black pepper seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, garlic and onion. Add turmeric powder and horse gram. Now bring all this to boil under medium heat.

Step 2: Then on a separate pan, use little sesame oil and fry mustard seeds, curry
leaves and dry chili and add this into the boiling ingredients in step 1
(Be cautious don’t be frighten by the light explosion of the mustard seeds.

Step 3 Lastly add coriander leave, Asiatic pennyworth leaves or joyweed leaves to the pan.Switch off the fire.Just stir about 2-3 minutes.

Note :You should not overcook the pennyworth, joyweed leaves as a its nutritios will be lost if overcooked.

It only takes about ten minutes to prepare this healthy dish. You can refrigerate the balance up to five days.

The Indians normally practice eating the ‘rasam’ after eating the main meal to remove acidic in their consumed meals. It is often known as a 'healing food' for the Indians.