Ingredients

• 3/4 cup - Pineapple juice (fresh/tinned)
• 1/2 cup - Thin tamarind juice
• 1/2 cup - Pineapple (fresh/tinned), chopped
• 1 - Tomato, finely chopped
• 2 - Green chillies (slit vertically)
• 2 tsp - Coriander, finely chopped
• Curry leaves, a few
• 1/4 tsp - Asafoetida
• 1 tsp - Rasam powder
• 1/4 tsp - Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp - Mustard
• 1/2 tsp - Cumin
• 1/4 cup - Tur dal (over cooked and mashed)
• 1 cup - Water
• 1/2 tsp - Ghee
• Salt to taste.

How to Make Pineapple flavored rasam

• Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard.
• Add cumin and green chillies.
• Saute for a minute and add rasam powder, turmeric powder, chopped pineapple and tomato.
• Saute for a few minutes.
• Now add pineapple juice, tamarind juice, water, mashed tur dal and salt.
• Allow the contents to boil well.
• Now add asafoetida, ghee, coriander and curry leaves.
• Serve hot with rice or as a soup.
• Recipe Courtesy: Nithu's Kitchen