Strawberry Rasam

Hello everyone,

We usually buy small box of strawberry whenever we go for groceries. This time SV(my husband) bought huge box from Costco. I wanted to try some interesting yet simple recipe with strawberry. Why not try south Indian Rasam instead of regular Dal, garlic, tomato or lemon Rasam. I replaced Strawberry instead of tamarind with freshly ground rasam powder. 

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 1cup chopped

Water - 2 cups

Coriander leaves few chopped

Curry leaves- 5-6

Salt to taste, pinch of hing

Rasam Powder

Toor dal -1tbsp

Pepper corns-1/2tsp

Cumin/Jeera-1/2tsp

Dhania/Coriander seeds-1/2 tsp

Dried red chilli-1-2 according to spice level

To temper

Mustard seeds-1tsp

Method:

1. Heat 1/2 tsp ghee in a pan and roast Rasam powder ingredients mentioned above. Grind it to coarse powder. Keep this aside. 

2. Grind strawberry with 2 cups of water in a mixie. Let one or 2 pulps be there. 

3. Transfer it to a vessel, add salt, turmeric powder and curry leaves. Allow it to boil in a medium heat for 5 mins. 

4. Add the ground rasam powder to strawberry mix and let it boil for another 2 mins. 

5. Heat ghee and add mustard seeds, once it sizzles and hing pour it to rasam. Garnish with cilantro. 

Serve with hot rice or drink as soup.