South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam
South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, south-indian garlic soup / poondu rasam. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam is something that I have loved my entire life.

Garlic rasam also known as poondu rasam is a spicy, sour rasam tempered with garlic and spices. I make rasam on a regular basis and in this rainy cold weather, I prepare This poondu rasam does not make use Of readymade rasam powder and cooked dal (lentils). Goes very well with steamed rice.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook south-indian garlic soup / poondu rasam using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam:
  1. Make ready 2-3 tablespoons Tamarind/ imli
  2. Prepare 2-3 Garlic
  3. Prepare 1 large Tomato
  4. Make ready 2 Green chilles
  5. Make ready 1/4 cup Toor dal/ split dehusked yellow lentil
  6. Take 7-8 leaves Curry
  7. Prepare 1/4 cup Coriander leaves with stalk
  8. Make ready to taste Salt
  9. Prepare 1/8 teaspoon Hing/aesafoetida
  10. Make ready 2 teaspoons Sambar powder (optional)
  11. Take 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
  12. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  13. Get 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
  14. Take 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  15. Take 1 teaspoon ghee
  16. Prepare 2 teaspoon chopped coriander leaves for garnish

We call it tomato rasam/parupu rasam. My mom makes the garlic rasam when we were running out of cold and cough and during rainy day nights. We all love to have with hot steamed rice and garlic rasam with simple papad only. Garlic rasam or poondu rasam recipe south Indian rasam recipe with garlic cloves.

Steps to make South-Indian Garlic Soup / Poondu Rasam:
  1. Tie coriander leaves with it's stalk using a clean thread and make a bundle. Chop chillies and tomato.
  2. Wash and Soak toor dal for few minutes, add pinch of turmeric and cook with extra water until nice and mushy.
  3. In a pan add ghee, cumin, aesafoetida, chilli and garlic. Roast for few seconds.
  4. Add tomatoes and tamarind and roast. Add sambar, chilli, 1/8 teaspoon turmeric and coriander powders. Mix and cook for few seconds.
  5. Add salt and mix.
  6. Add 3 cups warm water
  7. Put the coriander bundle prepared earlier.
  8. Let this Rasam masala cook and reduce until only 1/4 remaining.
  9. This looks reduced and also raw smell has gone.
  10. Now add the watery part of the cooked lentils. Use remaining dal to mix with rice.
  11. Discard the coriander bundle.
  12. Let the mixture come to one boil.
  13. Add chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

Garlic means poondu in Tamil, hence the name. This is a very flavorful and delicious rasam that tastes wonderful with mashed rice and ghee on a cold day. Poondu Kuzhambu is a very healthy, delicious, spicy, authentic and traditional kuzhambu of TamilNadu. It is a tamarind based gravy with lots of garlic and perfect balance of spices. Do check out other authentic South Indian kuzhambu varieties here.

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