Coconut Milk Rasam

Coconut Milk rasam is a delicious rasam with a rich flavor of coconut. Rasam is a warm, soothing soup which can be served as an appetizer or with hot steaming rice or kist as a digestion aid after heavy lunch/dinner. Usually Brahmin rasam we don't include garlic. Along with pepper-cumin we also add home made Rasam powder. Also in this rasam, we don't add mashed dal. Coconut milk gives unique flavor and taste to this rasam! Serve this rasam with hot steaming rice along with generous teaspoon of ghee and relish with some stir-fry Potato Kara Curry!

Table of Contents

1. We added chopped tomato, instead, we can grind the tomato and add.
2. For coconut milk, we can grind ½ cup of grated coconut with 1 cup of warm water, squeeze and then extract the juice.
3. We can use store bought can of coconut milk too. Take 1 cup of coconut milk, mix ½ cup of water, stir well and then use it.
4. After adding coconut milk do not bring the rasam to boil. Keep in flame till a frothy layer forms on top.
5. This is a no garlic rasam, if you wish, you can crush few garlic and add it.

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Coconut Milk Rasam | Thengai Pal Rasam

• Mixer Grinder
• Sauce Pan

• ▢ 1 gooseberry size Tamarind
• ▢ 1 no Tomato
• ▢ 1½ teaspoon Salt Adjust as needed
• ▢ 1½ cups Coconut Milk
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Rasam Powder
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Coriander Leaves For Garnishing

• ▢ 1 teaspoon Ghee
• ▢ 2 teaspoon Coriander Seeds
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Toor Dal (Pigeon pea)
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Peppercorns
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds

• ▢ 1 tablespoon Ghee
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
• ▢ Few Curry leaves
• ▢ a Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)

• ▢ Soak tamarind in water and extract the juice and keep it aside
• ▢ Heat ghee in a pan and fry the grinding ingredients except cumin seeds. Once the dal turns golden brown color, take out all the fried ingredients allow them to cool off. Add it to the mixer along with cumin seeds and grind it to a fine and smooth powder
• ▢ Heat ghee in pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add cumin seeds and fry for 20 seconds. Add curry leaves and hing and stir well. Add chopped tomatoes and saute the tomatoes for a minute
• ▢ Add the tamarind extract, salt and rasam powder and boil it till the raw smell goes off. 
• ▢ I have already ground ½ coconut and extracted the coconut milk. We can also use store bought coconut milk. Once the tamarind smell and raw rasam powder smell goes off, add coconut milk and stir well
• ▢ Finally add ground powder and when the froth starts to form, garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the flame
• ▢ Serve the yummy Coconut milk rasam with hot steaming rice.

• Soak tamarind in water and extract the juice and keep it aside.

• Heat ghee in a pan and fry the grinding ingredients except cumin seeds. Once the dal turns golden brown color, take out all the fried ingredients allow them to cool off.

• Add it to the mixer along with cumin seeds and grind it to a fine and smooth powder.

• Heat ghee in pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add cumin seeds and fry for 20 seconds. Add curry leaves and hing and stir well.

• Add chopped tomatoes and saute the tomatoes for a minute.

• Add the tamarind extract, salt and rasam powder and boil it till the raw smell goes off.

• I have already ground ½ coconut and extracted the coconut milk. We can also use store bought coconut milk. Once the tamarind smell and raw rasam powder smell goes off, add coconut milk and stir well.

• Finally add ground powder and when the froth starts to form, garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the flame.

• Serve the yummy Coconut milk rasam with hot steaming rice.

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