Quick Tomato Juice Rasam

Most of the time I use to have Tomato juice in my refrigerator, we use to take rasam everyday for lunch, some days I use to have sambar, poriyal but no rasam those days I use to prepare this and its so simple and quick.

Ingredients:

Tomato Juice	1 cup
Onion chopped	¼ cup
Garlic crushed	2 pods
Rasam powder	2 tsp
Chili powder	½ tsp
Turmeric powder	¼ tsp
Pepper powder	½ tsp
Asafetida	a pinch
Coriander	few
Water	¾ cup
Oil	1 Tbsp
Ghee (optional)	1 tsp
Mustard seeds	1 tsp
Salt

 

 

Directions:

1. Heat oil in pan and splutter mustard seeds, then add onion and sauté for 2 minutes.
2. Add crushed garlic, chili powder, rasam powder, and turmeric powder and asafetida sauté for few seconds.
3. Now add tomato juice, water and salt. Once it starts to boil add pepper powder, ghee, coriander and turn off the stove.
4. Serve with hot rice and appalm.

 

 

 

 

 

Note: If you don’t have tomato juice no problem. Put 2 tomatoes in boiling water cook for 2-3 minutes then remove the skin and blend to fine pure you can add this instead of tomato juice.

 

 

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Kollu Kulambu and Kollu Rasam (Horse gram kulambu)

Kollu is good for health, but I won’t cook often. But when ever we get cold I use to cook this for sure, because its good remedy for cold. Even it helps to reduce weight.

Kollu Kulambu:

 

Ingredients:

Kollu paruppu	½ cup
Onion	¼ cup
Tomato pure	½ cup
Green chili	1-2
Curry leaves
Salt
Oil

For Grinding:

Cumin seeds	½ tsp
Pepper	¼ tsp
Garlic pods	4-5
Onion	½ cup
Coriander powder	1 ½ tsp
Turmeric powder	½ tsp

 

 Directions:

1. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a pan and roast the ingredients for grinding in same order, once it cool down grind into fine paste.
2. Pressure cook Kollu drain the water keep it aside, blend kollu into course paste.
3. In the same pan add one tablespoon oil splutter some mustard seeds add green chilies, curry leaves and onion.
4. After the onion turns brown add tomato pure and grind paste allow it to cook until raw smell goes.
5. At this stage add kollu paste, salt enough water and give a boil.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve with rice with a spoon of ghee.

Kollu Rasam:

 

Ingredients:

Onion	¼ cup
Tomatoes	½ cup
Thick tamarind pulp	½ cup
Garlic pods	2-3
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds	1 tsp
Rasam powder	1 ½ tsp
Asafetida	a pinch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directions:

1. Take the kollu water and boil it separately.
2. Heat oil or ghee in another pan splutter mustard seeds, add onion, red chili, curry leaves fry for few minutes.
3. Add tomatoes cook until soft add tamarind water.
4. When it starts to boil add turmeric powder, rasam powder, asafetida, crushed garlic.
5. After the raw smell goes add boiled kollu water and coriander leaves.
6. Serve with rice.