Paruppu Rasam Recipe / Dal Rasam Recipe

Tomatoes – 1 large chopped finely
Green Chilli – 1 slit
Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu – 1/2 cup cooked
Tamarind Pulp – 2 tblspn
Garlic – 5 cloves crushed
Rasam Powder – 1 tblspn (i used store bought)
Salt to taste
Sugar – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – 2 tblspn finely chopped


For Seasoning:
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – 1/4 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 1 broken

Take oil in a sauce pan, add in all the seasoning ingredients and fry them for 30 sec.

Now add in tomatoes and green chilli. Saute for couple of mins.

Add in salt, sugar and rasam powder. Mix well.

Add in water and tamarind pulp, crushed garlic cloves and mix well. Bring this to a boil.

Now add in cooked dal and bring it to boil.

Once it reaches a boil, turn off the heat and add coriander leaves.

Mix well and serve.