Tomato Rasam. Tomato Rasam is a tangy and tasty South Indian dish made with tomatoes, spices and herbs. This popular soupy dish is made in various ways in Regional Indian Cuisine and is known as tomato charu in Andhra Pradesh, tomato saaru in Karnataka and thakkali rasam in Tamil Nadu. In this post, I am sharing two delicious variations of making tomato rasam. Tomato Rasam

You can have Tomato Rasam using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Tomato Rasam
  1. It’s 3 of big tomatoes.
  2. It’s 1 of big onion.
  3. Prepare 1 tsp of crushed black pepper.
  4. Prepare 8 cloves of garlic.
  5. It’s 1 of chopped green chilli.
  6. You need 4 cups of water.
  7. It’s of to taste Salt.
  8. It’s 1 tbsp of Rasam powder.
  9. It’s 1 tsp of turmeric powder.
  10. You need 1 tbsp of tamarind pulp.
  11. You need 1 tsp of sugar.
  12. It’s of For tempering.
  13. You need 2 tsp of oil.
  14. Prepare 6 of nos garlic crushed.
  15. Prepare 2 of stems curry leaves.
  16. It’s 1 tsp of panch phoran.
  17. You need 1 pinch of asafoetida.
  18. You need 2 of nos red dry chilli.

Tomato rasam is light on the stomach and aids in digestion and hydrates the tummy. Hence I prefer to make it quite often. Dish perfectly goes with steamed rice. Tips on how to make rasam recipe with out rasam powder.

Tomato Rasam instructions

  1. Heat a cooker pour water, add one by one tomato, garlic, salt to taste, turmeric powder, black pepper crushed, chilli, onion mix well then cover and cook for about 2 whistles, then release it, strains properly..

  2. For tempering heat oil in a kadai then add panch phoran, red chilli, asafoetida, curry leaves then add garlic leave for one minute cook light brown in colour then add Rasam powder stir continuously..

  3. Then add strained tomato juice and cook till boiling point. Then add sugar and tamarind pulp mix well again cook for about one minute, then serve hot..

Tomato rasam is made by cooking the tomatoes with Indian spices and is made into an aromatic soup. It can be consumed as it is and is generally served also as a home remedy to treat cough and cold. In this recipe video, the rasam is prepared without adding any lentils; however, you can add toor dal to give it a different texture. The Thakali Rasam Recipe is a traditional and a staple dish of the South India. This Tomato Rasam recipe is simple to make and makes a perfect dish to have along with rice or even as a soup for the winter nights.