Rasam

Rasam

Rasam
Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time-  10 mins 
Total time- 15 mins

Ingredients :

1. Toor dal-100 gm
2. Garlic ginger paste- 1 tsp
3. Green Chili- 1 no.
4. Turmeric Powder- 1/2 teaspoon
5. Chili powder- 1/2 tsp
6. Sambar Onion- 5 no. (Medium size, sliced)
7. Cumin seeds-1 tsp 
8. Fenugreek seeds- 1 tsp
9. Tomato- 1
10. Tamarind paste-1 tsp
11. Black pepper- 5 no.  
12. Curry leaves- as needed
13. Coconut oil- 2 tsp 
14. Dried chili- 2 no.
15. Mustard seeds-1 tsp 
16. Salt - as needed

Method:

Step 1: Take a pressure cooker, add dal, salt and pour a glass of water, and cook it on medium flame. After 3 whistles, open the cooker and smash dal very well.

Step 2: Take pan, add oil and warm it on medium flame. Add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, dried chili, cumin seeds and curry leaves, and sort it well. Add garlic ginger paste. Add crushed green chili and pepper too. Add turmeric powder and chili powder, stir it well. Then, add chopped tomato and cook it well. You can add asafoetida powder too. Add tamarind paste and salt also.

Step 3: Add this mixture and to cooked dal, stir it well and keep it closed with a lid for five minutes on medium flame.

Step 4: Do not forget to switch off the flame before reaching boiling point.
Suggestions

Diet for kids

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Add garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• Reduce oil and salt also
• You can add plenty of curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Antenatal diet

• Add garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
• Cook on low flame
• You can add plenty of curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Diet for lactating mothers

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Cook on low flame
• Add garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• You can add plenty of curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Postnatal diet

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Cook on low flame
• Add garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• You can add plenty of curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Diet for diabetic persons

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level (Its a precautionary measure)
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (Its a precautionary measure
• Cook on low flame
• Add garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level (Its a precautionary measure)
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (Its a precautionary measure
• Cook on low flame
• Add garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension

Diet for cardiac persons

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level (Its a precautionary measure)
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (Its a precautionary measure
• Cook on low flame
• Add garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension.