Coconut Milk Rasam / Thengai Paal Rasam

Coconut Milk Rasam is my Hubby's favourite rasam.. Whenever i feel bored of the making traditional paruppu rasa, I just do the slight variation and change it to coconut milk rasam. The flavour of coconut milk cooked with tomato, boiled toor dal and tempered with spices is a divine taste.. 

I love of making different types of rasam, when i don't have time to do any other gravy.. When i make rasam, i don't always do the same thing.. I make different variation of rasam.. This rasam taste very unique and good, i love it with any types of stir fry vegetable poriyal which is perfect combination for this yummy rasam...

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you....

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 10 mins

Serve - 4

Recipe Cuisine - North indian..

INGREDIENTS :

Thick coconut milk - 300 ml

Shallots / Small onion - 5 nos

Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)

Green chillies - 2 (sliced)

Toor dal - 2 tbspn (boiled)

Tamarind pulp - gooseberry size (soaked and pulp it)

Chilli powder - 1 tspn

Turmeric powder - 1 tspn

Cumin powder - 1 tspn

Salt - as needed

Sugar - 1/2 tspn

Coriander leaves - few (chopped)

TO TEMPER :

Coconut oil - 2 tbspn

Mustard seeds - 1 tspn

Fenugreek seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp

Dry red chilli - 2

Urad dal - 1 tspn

FOR GRINDING :

Garlic - 8 cloves

Dry chilli - 3

Cumin seeds - 1 tspn

Black pepper powder - 1 tspn

METHOD :

• Take grinding ingredients in a blender and make into a coarse paste..Keep aside.
• Heat a pan with oil, add the tempering items and saute that for a min..
• Add in grinding spices and mix well. cook that for 30 sec.
• Add in tomatoes, small onions, green chilli and mix well.. Cook it for 2 mins..
• Add in spices powder and give it a stir for 30 sec.
• Now add in cooked dal, tamarind pulp, water, salt and sugar and mix well.
• Bring this to boil and cook for 5 mins.
• Now pour thr coconut milk and bring that to a boil once..
• Switch off the flame and add in lots of coriander leaves..
• Serve with rice..

PICTORIAL :

Take thick coconut milk..keep aside

 Take grinding items 

 Add it to the blender

 Make into a coarse form

 Now take tempering items

 Heat a pan with oil

 Add in whole spices

 Along with crushed masala

 Add in onion and tomatoes

 Stir well for 30 mins

 Add in green chilli

 Add in turmeric powder

 Some chilli powder

 Cumin powder

 Add the cooked Toor dal

 Give a mix

 Add in tamarind pulp

 Add in some salt and sugar

 And cook for few mins

 Now pour the coconut milk 

 Mix well..

 Done

 Add in chopped coriander leaves

Now it's done

 Serve hot with rice

 Enjoy..

My daughter's lunch plate...