2010/03/02

MOONG DAL RASAM

This is one of my grandmother's  special recipe. This is a home healing food . When we are down with severe viral fever , our body will become weak .This rasam will help us to regain our energy and boast our immune system.


INGREDIENTS : 

Moong dal -- 1/2 cup 
Turmeric powder-1 tsp 
Tomato - 2 
Ginger - a small piece 
Jeera -- 2 tsps 
Mustard - 1 tsp M
seeds - 1 tsp 
Pepper-- 1 tsp 
Rasam powder- 1 tsp 
Lemon juice - 1/2 lemon
Salt to taste 
Asafoetida - 1 tsp 

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Heat oil in a pan. Roast dal for few minutes till the flavour rules out. Add water and cook it with a pinch of turmeric powder and oil till it gets softened. 



2) Meanwhile , blend tomatoes,pepper, ginger-garlic, coriander seeds smoothly in a blender. Add it to the dal.


3) Heat oil in a pan. Once hot, add mustard, jeera, red chillies, methi seeds and curry leaves. Once it splutters, add it to the dal. Add chopped coriander leaves and rasam Powder. Bring it to boil.


4) When it starts to boil, switch off the flame. Mix salt to it and add lemon juice. Stir it well.


Serve hot with Rice .
Sending this to MLLA - 21 hosted by Superchef , initially started by Susan and Ruchikacooks Home made Remedies initially started at A2Zvegetariancuisine

28 comments:

Tina said...

Rasam looks delicious..

gtyuk said...

my favourite one, soothing and comforting!!! nice post!!

Nithu Bala said...

Yummy Rasam..I too prepare this but not most often..should try your version too..

Sarah Naveen said...

Rasam looks simply superb!!

Pavithra Srihari said...

Rasam looks perfect..

Sowjanya@Ruchikacooks said...

Rasam I can eat anyday..Looks good.

Shama, I am hosting an event called home remedies, I am sure you know a lot of simple home remedies, would you share it with us?

www.ruchikacooks.com

Trendsetters said...

my hubby loves moong dal...will try this soon

Deepa G Joshi said...

perfectly delicious rasam..

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Usha said...

Rasam looks delicious !

Hayley said...

Rasam looks so comforting and tasty!!

Kiran said...

Hi Shama,

I love your blog.Your recipes are simple and easy to cook.

Kiran

Unknown said...

new recipe and healthy too..thanx for sharing

Gita Jaishankar said...

Rasam looks so yummy dear..definitely a healing food :)

Simplyfood said...

Lovely healthy and delicious.

Cham said...

Never made rasam with moong dhal- looks great and hope u feel better now!

Unknown said...

Comforting and yum!!comfortable food for me.:)looks delicious!

Unknown said...

lemon rice..i love this..

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Wonderful rasam Shama, nice color and looks yummy and comforting!!!

Nandinis food said...

Slurpy and Perfect rasam!
Yesterday I too made rasam:))

Ms.Chitchat said...

Rasam looks very inviting and tasty too. Never tried Moong dal in rasam, will try soon.

Chitchat
http://chitchatcrossroads.blogspot.com/

Rekha shoban said...

i love any type of rasam...this looks perfect!

Indian food recipes said...

Rasam luks so tasty Shama!

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

that's a comfort food. looks perfect.

Preety said...

perfect to have with steaming hot rice..

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

love this moongdal rasam.new template looks nice.

Sushma Mallya said...

looks delicious...

Chitra said...

I posted this as energy rasam sometime back..we make this when we r down ...nice post..

Manju said...

Heyy Shama,

Thanks for the entry! The MLLA Round Up - Part 1 is up on the blog now. Thanks again!

http://www.mirchmasala.me/2010/04/mlla-21-round-up-part-1.html

And this is such a soothing rasam. Just what someone wants when they are sick!

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