Ingredients

• 1/4th cup - tuvar dal
• 1 large or 2 small - apples
• 2 - tomatoes
• 2 - green chillies
• 1 tsp - peppercorn
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1/4th tsp - asafoetida
• Salt
• 1 tsp - ghee/clarified butter
• Cilantro
• For tempering:
• 1 tsp - ghee/clarified butter
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds

How to Make Apple rasam

• Cook the tuvar dal in the pressure cooker with water until it is soft and mushy.
• It can also be cooked on stove top. Keep it is aside.
• Clean the apples and scrape out the skin.
• Take half of the apple and chop it into very fine pieces.
• In a blender, add enough water and grind tomatoes, apple, peppercorn, cumin seeds and green chillies into a fine paste.
• In a saucepan, add 1 tsp of ghee and fry the chopped apples for about 5 mins.
• Now add the tomato mixture to it.
• Add the turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt.
• Let it come to a boil and then simmer it for about 10 mins.
• Mash the cooked dal and add about 2 cups of water to it.
• Once the tomato apple mixture simmers for about 10 mins, add the dal water to it.
• Let it come to a boil and then turn off the flame.
• In a tiny pan, heat 1tsp of ghee and add the mustard and cumin seeds to it.
• Once they splutter, add it to the rasam.
• Garnish with cilantro and serve hot as soup or with rice.
• Recipe courtesy: My Cooking Journey