THAKKALI RASAM | TOMATO RASAM | TOMATO RASAM MADE WITH CANNED TOMATOES

During this lockdown period most of us probably bought a lot of non perishable items to avoid going out often for groceries. I usually do not prefer canned food, but I bought canned tomatoes due to he lockdown. It is not bad at all and for a change it was super yummy.. I would definitely not recommend to use canned food often but occasionally on unavoidable circumstances we can!! I made this super delicious rasam with canned tomatoes and it turned out really good. It was so quick as we didn’t need to chop tomatoes or no soak tamarind as I used store-bought tamarind paste. Anyone can make this quick, easy and scrumptious rasam. For the people who are staying alone and missing their mom’s rasam, this is an excellent option to make and cherish all the beautiful memories.

In South Indian cooking, making rasam is an art! I still remember my grandma (Appayi) used to say, do not boil rasam as the taste changes tremedously…..and one who is a foodie will certainly find whether it boiled while cooking…..Rasam always brings many beautiful memories…..Those days we had an ammikallu (hand mixie) and grinding the rasam powder will bring aroma everywhere and when it gets cooked, man, it’s heaven…..My grandma, my mom and my periyammas all make excellent Rasam and everyone makes it im their own style but one thing is common - rasam should not get boiled at all 😋

VIDEO

NOTE: Video recipe and the below has little variation that i have used fresh tomatoes and tamarind juice in the below recipe and canned tomatoes and store bought tamarind paste in the video recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

Tomatoes - 3 finely chopped
Tamarind - small ball size
Water - 4 - 5 Cups
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - 2 strings
Salt - as needed

To grind:

Pepper - 1 Tsp
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Garlic cloves - 5 - 6 cloves
Red chillies - 2

To temper:

Ghee - 1/2 Tsp
Cumin seeds - 1tbsp
Toor Dal - 1 tbsp

HOW TO MAKE:

Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup of water for 20 mins. Mash well with hand and extract juice and keep aside.

In a mixie make add pepper, cumin seeds and just grind a coarse powder. Add garlic cloves and red chillies and give a gentle stoke keep aside.

In a bowl add the tamarind juice and chopped tomatoes. Add the coarse powder, turmeric powder and needed salt. Add 4 - 5 cups of water. Mash well with hand and the tomatoes juice should get mixed with tamarind and with all the ingredients. Keep aside for 5 mins.