Rasam Vada/ Rasa Vadai / ரச வடை

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Ingredients 

For Urad dal Vada / Medu Vada 

Urad dal    : 1 cup

Salt

Oil 

Curry leaves 

Method

Wash & soak urad dal for 1 hour. 

Strain the dal and grind it to a smooth paste with required salt.

Add curry leaves to it and mix well.

Heat oil in a pan,wet your hands with water,take lemon sized batter,make a hole in the centre,slowly drop it into the hot oil and fry both sides to a golden brown colour. 

Ingredients for the Rasam 

Garlic pods : 4
Tomato : 2 ( big)
Pepper : 1 tsp
Red chilly : 1
Cumin seeds : 1tsp ( 1/2 + 1/2 )
Toordal : 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds : 1/2 tsp
Oil : 1tsp
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt
Asafoetida
Method

In a mixie jar,add pepper, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds,red chilly,toor dal,garlic pods and powder it coarsely.
Heat oil in a kadai,add mustard seeds,cumin seeds ,when it sizzles add the powdered masala and fry for few minutes.
Now add chopped tomatoes,salt,curryleaves,asadoetida and stir.
Now add 2 cups water,turmeric powder and reduce the flame.
When it starts frothing , add coriander leaves,mix and switch off the flame. 

Take a wide bowl,d

rop the vadas in rasam ,allow it to soak for 5 minutes, drain and transfer to another bowl.

While serving add some more rasam on top and serve Hot..

Enjoy.....:) 

Simple Garlic Rasam / Poondu Rasam / பூண்டுரசம் (Without Tamarind)

Ingredients 

Garlic pods          : 4 
Tomato                : 2 ( big)
Pepper                 : 1 tsp
Red chilly             : 1
Cumin seeds         : 1tsp ( 1/2 + 1/2 )
Toordal                 : 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds       : 1/2 tsp 
Oil                         : 1tsp
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt
Asafoetida

Method

In a mixie jar,add pepper, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds,red chilly,toor dal,garlic pods and powder it coarsely.
Heat oil in a kadai,add mustard seeds,cumin seeds ,when it sizzles add the powdered masala and fry for few minutes.
Now add chopped tomatoes,salt,curryleaves,asadoetida and stir.
Now add 2 cups water,turmeric powder and reduce the flame.
When it starts frothing , add coriander leaves,mix and  switch off the flame.
Serve with Rice..

Mysore Rasam

Ingredients 

Toor dal                : 1/2 cup 
Tamarind water     :  1 cup
Tomatoes              : 2 
Asafoetida
Salt
Ghee
Coriander leaves  
Mustard seeds
Red chilly 
Curry leaves

To Roast 

Chana dal    ; 1 tsp
Coriander leaves   :  1 1/2 tbsp
Red chillies            : 2
Pepper                  : 1 tsp 
Grated coconut      : 1 tbsp

Method

Pressure cook toor dal with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder for upto 5 whistles.
Fry the ingredients given in " to roast" with 1/2 tsp oil and grind it to a smooth paste.
Take a bowl,add tamatind water,chopped tomatoes, asafoetida,salt,turmeric powder and boil for 5 minutes.
Add cooked dal and ground paste ,2 cups of water to this.
When it froths up, switch off the flame and add curry leaves and coriander leaves.
Temper mustard seeds and curry leaves in little ghee and add it to the rasam.

Poondu Rasam / Garlic Rasam

Ingredients 

Tomato              : 1 
Chopped Tomato : 1 ( both)
Tamarind water  : 1/2 cup
Pepper               : 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds       : 1/2 tsp
Red chilly            : 2
Garlic pods         : 10 
Turmeric powder
Mustard seeds
Salt
Oil
Asafoetida
Curry leaves

Method

Grind together pepper and cumin seeds finely.
Add garlic pods and 1 tomato to it and grind.
Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds,curry leaves and broken red chillies and fry.
Pour the tomato mixture ,tamarind water , chopped tomato,turmeric powder,salt to it and bring that to boil.
Turn it off when it is about to boil.
Garnish with coriander leaves . 
Serve hot with rice....

Rasam Powder

Ingredients 

Coriander seeds     : 3 cups 
Toor dal                 : 1/4 cup
Pepper corns         : 1/4 cup
Jeera                      : 1 /4 cup
Fenugreek seeds       : 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves              : 1 cup

Method

Dry roast all the ingredients one by one.
Let it cool.
Powder it coarsely.
Store it in an air tight container.