PINEAPPLE RASAM, how to make pineapple rasam

Pineapple rasam is a very flavorful one......I browsed thru several recipes...went over so many cookery books.....then I called a food caterer known to me, asked him for the recipe.
Please check out my other rasam varieties here:  You can find 9 varieties of rasams there...1. Goddu rasam 2. Paruppu rasam 3. Drumstick rasam 4. Paruppu urundai rasam 5. Lemon Mysore rasam 6. Tomato rasam 7. Kandanthippili rasam 8. Jeera rasam 9. Lemon rasam

Ingredients

Pineapple - 11/2  cups, chopped

Tomato - 1, chopped

Tomato puree (store bought) - 2 tsps

Solid hing - 1 piece

Green chillies - 2, slit

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Sambar powder - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Tur dhal - 3 tbsps, cooked with a pinch of turmeric powder

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves/ cilantro for garnishing

To season

Ghee - 2 tsps

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

Pepper powder - 3/4 tsp

Red chilli - 1, broken

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian; Category: Lunch/Dinner/Soup

Prep time: 10 mts; Cooking time: 20 mts

Serves 6

You can see the tomato puree, 1/2 the quantity pineapple pieces, chopped tomato, slit green chillies, sambar powder, turmeric powder and hing in the pan shown below

Pour water up to half vessel

Let the above mixture simmer on slow flames

The rest of the pineapple pieces, blended to a smooth paste

Cooked tur dhal

Mix the cooked dhal and blended pineapple paste

In the mean time, since the pineapple pieces have to get cooked well, keep the pan covered with a lid

Pineapple pieces cooked, rasam level also reduced considerably, now add the cooked dhal plus pineapple paste mixture, add some more water if need be, to the full level of the vessel.

The rasam should only become frothy, it must not be allowed to boil.

Heat ghee in a pan, add the seasoning ingredients mentioned above. and...

pour on top of the rasam.

Cilantro/coriander leaves garnished

Serve this flavorful, piping hot rasam with rice, any vegetable of your choice and some papads.

This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com

Notes

* This rasam can be served as a soup too.

Categories: No Onion-no garlic, Rasams