Name: All The Best Garlic Rasam
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 250 gm Garlic; 200 gm Tamarind (Puli); 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 100 gm Coriander seeds; 50 gm Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 35 gm Black pepper; 100 gm Bengal gram (Kadalaparippu); 2 tbsp Mustard seeds; Curry leaves (A fistful); Salt (As reqd); 3 tbsp Oil

All The Best Garlic Rasam

Andhra favourite Vellulli Rasam

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Prep Time 20 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

250 gm Garlic
200 gm Tamarind Puli
1 tsp Turmeric powder
100 gm Coriander seeds
50 gm Cumin seeds Jeerakam
35 gm Black pepper
100 gm Bengal gram Kadalaparippu
2 tbsp Mustard seeds
Curry leaves A fistful
Salt As reqd
3 tbsp Oil

Instructions

Make a powder of coriander seeds, cumin seeds and black pepper. Keep aside.
Add warm water to tamarind, soak for 15 mins, extract tamarind paste and keep aside.
Powder the Bengal gram and add to about 2 ltrs of water.
Mix the above well and boil.
:- The water turns pale yellow.
Add salt and tamarind paste.
Pound garlic pods to a rough paste and add to the boiling gravy.
Add some more water (a glass or two) and continue boiling.
Add the rasam powder made earlier to the boiling rasam.
Heat oil in a pan.
Splutter mustard seeds and saute curry leaves.
Add this to the boiling rasam. :- Add tomato pieces (100 gms) at step 5 (optional). :- Add split green chillies at step 6 (optional). :- Adding a pinch of asafoetida(Kaayam) at step 10 is also optional.