Rasam Using Store Bought Rasam Powder

Usually I make rasam using homemade rasam powder or with freshly ground instant rasam podi. But recently I got a pack of rasam powder from I-Flo brand for my review. For the first time, I tried making rasam using this store bought rasam powder. I followed the rasam recipe with rasam powder given in the back of pack but made some modifications by adding crushed garlic cloves and tempering in ghee. It came out so well. I never expected it to be so flavorful and tasty just like the ones made using homemade rasam powder.

In my family, Raksha gives the best feedback about rasam varieties. She loved it a lot and told me to make it again. I guess many of you especially bachelors and working women use store bought rasam powder at home to ease the job during busy morning hours. I hope this rasam recipe with rasam powder helps you make tasty and perfect rasam.

Rasam using store bought rasam powder

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Rasam using store bought rasam powder

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Rasam recipes

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 2 people

Ingredients

  

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1 cup = 250ml

• 1 Ripe tomato
• Tamarind Small gooseberry size (Take 1 cup extract)
• 1 tbsp Rasam powder
• Salt & water as needed
• ½ tsp Turmeric powder
• 5 Garlic cloves (crushed with skin)
• Coriander leaves to garnish
• ¼ tsp Sugar
• 2 tsp Ghee ( to drizzle )

To Temper

• 1 tbsp Cooking oil or ghee
• ½ tsp Mustard seeds
• ½ tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 Red chilli
• Curry leaves few
• 1 pinch Hing / Asafetida

Instructions

 

• Wash and chop tomato. Soak tamarind and take the extract in 1 cup of water.
• In a kadai or bowl, temper mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilli.
• Saute till tomato turns mushy. Add rasam powder and saute quickly.
  
• Add 1 cup of tamarind extract, salt, turmeric powder and sugar.
  
• Boil till raw smell of tamarind emanates and nice smell wafts through.
• Add 1/2 cup more water and crushed garlic cloves. Boil in medium flame till frothy.
• Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.
• Transfer to a bowl, add 2 tsp of ghee. Cover with a lid.
  
• Serve after 30 minutes for best taste.
• Serve with plain rice and potato curry – the best side dish for rasam !

Notes

• Addition of garlic cloves is optional. But it adds a nice flavor to the rasam.
• You can also temper mustard seeds, cumin seeds and red chilli in ghee at the end.

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