
Hot And Sweet Pineapple Rasam For Winter Cold
Pineapple is delicious fruit and contains fiber. Consuming pineapple not only gives Vitamin C also, it is good for inflammation and cold. Eating pineapple with chat masala is great idea or one can make pineapple juice. If you are looking for something hot and sweet – tangy, try pineapple rasam. It is great to beat winter cold.
Ingredients:
- Pineapple – 2 cups
- Toor dal – 1/2 cup
- Tomatoes – 2 (medium size)
- Jaggery – 1 tsp
- Asafetida- 2 pinches
- Turmeric – 1 tsp
- Cilantro – ¼ cup (chopped)
- Curry leaves – few (for grinding and seasoning)
- Salt for taste
- Ghee – 4 tsp
- Mustard seed – 1tsp
- Cumin – 1 tsp
- Red chili -2
Preparation:
To prepare rasam masala you need following ingredients. You can use same recipe for other rasam varieties.
- Channa dal – 2 tsp
- Cumin – 1 tsp
- Pepper -1/4 tsp
- Coriander seeds – 3 tsp
- Red chili -2
- Fenugreek seeds – 1/4 tsp
To prepare rasam:
- Wash and pressure cook toor dal, keep aside to cool.
- Cut pineapple into small cubes.
- Place a frying pan on medium heat, add 2 tsp ghee. Add masala items – cumin, channa dal, pepper, coriander, fenugreek, red chili, few curry leaves and fry till the chana dal turns golden brown and masala aroma comes.
- Allow masala items to cool and then grind.
- Grind 1 cup pineapple, jaggery with very little water into paste.
- Place rasam vessel on medium heat. Add cut tomatoes and little water to cook.
- To cooked tomato now add rest of the pineapple pieces, hing, grinded rasam masala paste, pineapple jaggery paste and salt . Adjust with water for required consistency.
- Prepare seasoning with ghee, cumin, mustard and curry leaves. Transfer seasoning to boiled rasam.
- Garnish with coriander/cilantro leaves and serve hot rasam with lunch or as soup.
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Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: January 20, 2023
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