Mahadeva's Bhaga Sasthra
150. Another Variety Of Pigeon Pea Rasam
Ingredients :
| Ghee or Oil | - ½ palam |
|---|---|
| Turmeric Powder | - ⅛ palam |
| Tamarind | - 3 palam |
| Salt | - 2¼ palam |
| Roasted Chilli Powder | - ⅝ palam |
| Roasted Coriander Powder | - ⅜ palam |
| Roasted Cumin Seed Powder | - ⅛ palam |
| Roasted Fenugreek Powder | - veesam ⅛ palam |
| Fried Mustard Powder | - veesam 1/16 palam |
| Asafoetida | - 2 ku.a |
- 1. Boil pure water in a vessel that can hold 6 padi water. Add pigeonpea, ghee or oil and turmeric powder to the boiling water one by one and place a vessel filled with water on top of it.
- 2. Then when the pigeon pea is fully cooked remove from fire. Mix water and tamarind in a vessel that can hold 2 1/2 padi water and that is lead coated. Remove the seeds from the tamarind and extract the juice and boil it.
- 3. Add salt, roasted red chilli powder, roasted coriander seed powder, roasted cumin seed powder, roasted fenugreek seed powder, roasted mustard seed powder one by one to the boiling tamarind water.
- 4. You can add 1 and ¼ the palam of the rasam powder prepared instead of these individual powders. Add curry leaves fried in fire to the rasam.
- 5. Cut the roots of coriander leaves,wash it and add it to the rasam and allow the rasam to reduce to ¼ th amount by boiling it. Add the mashed lentil to the rasam.
- 6. Remove 4 to 5 ladleful of lentil in another vessel. Heat ghee in a pan and add mustard seeds to it. When the mustard seed stops spluttering, pour it into the rasam.
- 7. When the rasam is boiling, add the lentil from the other vessel. Dissolve asafoetida in water and pour it into the rasam.
- 8. If the rasam is less than 2 ½ padi water then the salt, tamarind, chilli will be more. If the rasam is vessel full then the salt and chilli will be correct.