Vegan South Indian Rasam (Spicy and tangy soup)
Vegan South Indian Rasam (Spicy and tangy soup)
Equipment
- 1 blender
- 1 pot
Ingredients
Rasam Powder
- 1 Cup split chickpeas (dry)
- 1 Cup Split pigeon peas
- 6-7 Dry Red Chillies
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5-6 dry curry leaves
- 1 stick cinnamon
For the soup
- 3 large Extra ripe tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon Cumin seeds
- 2-3 dry red chillies
- 2 tablespoons Sugar
- 5 curry leaves
- 1 tablespoon Turmeric
- 1 handful fresh corriander / cilantro for garnish
- 1 tablespoon tamarind paste
- 4 cups Water
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Start by chopping the tomatoes into cubes and set aside
Prepping the powder
- start off by roasting all the powder ingredients individually to release the oils and essences, make sure not to burn them and set aside to cool slightly
- add in the powder ingredients to a blender and pulse until you have a fine powder, set aside (store this for future cooking)
Prepping the soup ingredients
- in a separate pan start frying the whole cumin seeds and black pepper corn in a tablespoon of oil
- once lightly fried, add in the tomatoes, turmeric and salt and cover
- after a few minutes the tomatoes will have stewed, add in a tablespoon of the rasam powder mix, chillies, sugar and curry leaves and stir well.
- add in the tamarind paste and water and let it boil until all combines
- finally add in the fresh coriander to garnish and serve on rice or in a bowl to drink as a soup
Video
Notes
Hello and Welcome To Uncle Lou's Kitchen today we'll be showing you how to make an incredible dish called Rasam, here you will learn the secret recipe including the Rasam powder itself. This particular tomato Rasam is eaten with rice.
Rasam is vegan and could be considered either a soup or spicy hot tomato based beverage and it's one of the most delicious things I've had in a very long time.
While this recipe may be somewhat complex, you only need to do the hard part once, the rest becomes easy to recreate for any times you will want to make this again.
I want to give a massive thank you to Shravya and Aditya for hosting me and making their excellent recipes, if you haven't yet, go check out the previous video where we made an incredible mango dal!!!
absolutely delicious! Remember, if you like VEGAN and VEGETARIAN food, please like and subscribe! Recipe (powder and soup) -
ALL INGREDIENTS EASILY AVAILABLE AT YOUR LOCAL ASIA MARKET / INDIAN GROCERY SHOP!!! make the trip, it's worth it, you'll be using these spices often in other dishes too!