Rasam

South India's healing pepper broth — pour it over rice or sip it like soup. The cure for everything.

Serves 4 · 25 min

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup toor dal

  Double Horse · $6.00

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• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

  Iyasa · $8.00

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• Tamarind, tomatoes, pepper, cumin, garlic, mustard seeds, curry leaves, oil(pantry)

  Pantry

Method

1. 1

   Pressure-cook 1/4 cup toor dal with turmeric until soft; mash.

2. 2

   Simmer tamarind extract with chopped tomato, crushed pepper-cumin, garlic and curry leaves until raw smell goes.

3. 3

   Add the mashed dal with a cup of water and salt; heat until frothy but do NOT boil hard.

4. 4

   Temper mustard seeds and dry red chilli in oil, pour over, and finish with coriander. Serve over rice or sip warm.