Coconut Milk Rasam Recipe with step by step pictures. Thengai Paal Rasam recipe is super easy to make and has mild sweetness from the coconut and lightly spicy from green chilli.
Coconut Milk Rasam Recipe
I love making rasam, it is one of my favorite thing to whip up for lunch when i don't have time to do any other gravy. When i make that, i don't always do the same thing. I experiment with my rasam. Check this for all the rasam recipe in this blog. I am gonna post so many different recipe in the coming posts...
This is one of the rasam which i made yesterday. I have heard about it and always want to give it a try. This rasam taste very unique and good, i love it with some simple poriyal or stuff like that...
Ingredients for Coconut Milk Rasam Recipe
- Shallots / Sambar Onion- 5
- Tomatoes - 2 chopped
- Green Chilli - 1
- Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu- 3 tablespoon cooked
- Tamarind Pulp - 1 tablespoon ( Click here for recipe)
- Salt to taste
- Sugar to taste
- Thick Coconut milk - 250 ml
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
- Cumin powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
For Tempering:
- Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam - ½ tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Dry Red Chilli - 1
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
For Grinding:
- Garlic - 5 cloves
- Dry Red Chilli - 2
- Whole Black Pepper - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Ok enough with those, off you go to the recipe.
How to Make Coconut Milk Rasam Recipe
- Take the grinding ingredients in a mixer and make into a coarse paste.
- Now heat oil in a sauce pan. Add the tempering ingredients and saute that for a min.
- Add in the ground spices and mix well. Cook that for 30 sec.
- Then add in shallots, green chilli, tomatoes and mix well. Cook it for 2 mins.
- Add in the spice powders and give it a good stir for 30 sec.
- Now add in the cooked dal, tamarind pulp, water, salt and sugar and mix well.
- Bring this to a boil and cook for 5 mins.
- Now pour in coconut milk and bring that to a boil once. Switch off the flame and add in lots of coriander leaves.
- Serve with rice.
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Coconut Milk Rasam Recipe | Thengai Paal Rasam Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 Shallots / Sambar Onion
- 2 Tomatoes chopped
- 1 Green Chilli
- 3 tablespoon Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu cooked
- 1 tablespoon Tamarind Pulp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar to taste
- 250 ml Thick Coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon Chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
- For Tempering:
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- ½ teaspoon Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 Dry Red Chilli
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- For Grinding:
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 2 Dry Red Chilli
- 1 teaspoon Whole Black Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
Instructions
- Take the grinding ingredients in a mixer and make into a coarse paste.
- Now heat oil in a sauce pan. Add the tempering ingredients and saute that for a min.
- Add in the grinded spices and mix well. Cook that for 30 sec.
- Then add in shallots, green chilli, tomatoes and mix well. Cook it for 2 mins.
- Add in the spice powders and give it a good stir for 30 sec.
- Now add in the cooked dal, tamarind pulp, water, salt and sugar and mix well.
- Bring this to a boil and cook for 5 mins.
- Now pour in coconut milk and bring that to a boil once. Switch off the flame and add in lots of coriander leaves.
- Serve with rice.
Nutrition
Coconut Milk Rasam Recipe Step by Step
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| Your ingredients |
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| take grinding stuff in a mixer |
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| Make into a coarse paste |
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| heat oil |
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| add in the whole spices |
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| along with the crushed masala |
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| add in shallots, green chilli and tomatoes in and cook |
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| Add in the spices |
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| and give a good mix |
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| add the cooked dal.. |
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| pour some water and season with salt and sugar |
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| add tamarind pulp in |
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| and cook for few mins. |
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| now pour in the coconut milk and mix well.. |
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| Done. |
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| Serve |
anthony stemke
This is like a soup, right? I will try this because I love the spices used.
Your photographic tutorial is wonderful and those dishes are lovely.
I've never seen brass cookware. I suppose it is tin-lined. Is it difficult to clean and polish
By the way, I like your coconut rice as well.
Suja Manoj
Sounds yum,thanks for sharing
Sireesha Puppala
wow love to try this rasam:)
Nayna Kanabar
Perfect with steaming hot rice.
Priya
Super flavourful and comforting food.
laavys kitchen
Very yummy rasam.Great clicks too 🙂
Prashanthi Sasidharan
hi Aarthi ur rasam looks tempting. I ll surely try this.
discipleofthetealeaf
I made this rasam last evening, exact to your recipe... it was absolutely wonderful. The perfect meal for my evening. Thanks for posting...
Roselle Barreto
Very nice