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Hi, I am Raghu and I live in the Boston region, in USA. And yes, like every other person who posts a recipe in Bawarchi, I like to cook. But like the many others who do not post their recipes, I like to eat good food! Try this recipe and see if you like it.

Email: ts_raghu@hotmail.com

Pineapple rasam

Ingredients

1 slice of pineapple
1 tomato, cur into small pieces
1/3 cup toor dal
5 green chilis, slit vertically
1" ginger, finely chopped
1 tsp asafoetida
2 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeera)
Curry Leaves
1 lemon sized tamarind
Rasam powder
mustard seeds
Turmeric
Salt

Method

  1. Pressure cook toor dal
  2. Boil tamarind in a cup of water and extract the juice.
  3. Add this tamarind extract and 3 more cups of water and in that add the following --   diced pineapple, tomatoes, green chillis,  ginger, 1 tsp Cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp asafoetida,  curry leaves, rasam powder, salt, turmeric.
  4. Let this boil
  5. After the raw smell of tamarind has gone, add the pressure cooked dal in this and let it boil for some more time, till you see some froth on the top layer.
  6. Garnish using, ghee - mustard seeds, 1 tsp cumin seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida.
  7. Finely cut coriander leaves and add it to the rasam.

Voila! you have your pineapple rasam ready. If you do not add pineapple (in step 3 then this becomes a recipe for normal tomato-rasam.

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