Recipe: Perfect Basic Rasam (South Indian Soup)

Basic Rasam (South Indian Soup).

You can have Basic Rasam (South Indian Soup) using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Basic Rasam (South Indian Soup)

1. You need 1 cup of Toor Dal water.
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of Tamarind juice.
3. It's 1 tsp of Urad dal.
4. It's 1/8 tsp of Methi seeds.
5. Prepare 1 of Tomato chopped.
6. It's 1/4 tsp of Chilli powder.
7. It's 1/4 tsp of Coriander powder.
8. You need 1/4 tsp of Cumin powder.
9. It's 3 of Garlic cloves.
10. You need 2 of Green chillies broke into two.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of Cumin.
12. It's Pinch of Hing.
13. Prepare as per taste of Salt.
14. You need 2 of Red chillies.
15. You need 3/4 tsp of pepper.

Basic Rasam (South Indian Soup) instructions

1. When you cook Toor dal add extra water and filter it keep aside. You can also use plain water, but this taste better than plain water. Heat Kadai in medium flame add Toor dal with another cup of water. Add turmeric powder, chopped tomato, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, 1 garlic sliced, green chilli, salt and shallot. Let this boil once it starts to boil add tamarind extract..
2. Close with lid and simmer for 20 minutes in very low flame. After 20 minutes. Move this aside. Heat 1 tsp of ghee in small Kadai. In pestle add cumin seeds, remaining garlic and pepper. Crush this. In ghee add mustard, fenugreek seeds, red chilli, curry leaves and crushed herb..
3. Close with lid and simmer for 20 minutes in very low flame. After 20 minutes. Move this aside. Heat 1 tsp of ghee in small Kadai. In pestle add cumin seeds, remaining garlic and pepper. Crush this. In ghee add mustard, methi seeds, red chilli, curry leaves and crushed herb..
4. Once done pour this in soup and cook again for another 15 minutes in low flame. Garnish with coriander leaves and check salt. Very yummy Indian soup goes good with rice or you can have it plain..