Kollu Rasam | Horse Gram Soup

                         Kollu rasam is good to have when you got cold. In my home, if anyone gets cold, the next day we prepare this rasam. I have already mentioned about the health benefits of Kollu in my previous post Kollu paruppu Masiyal.

Let us see how to make this tangy soup in step by step.

Ingredients:

Horse gram/Kollu - 1 cup

Tamarind – 1 gooseberry size

Garlic- 6-7 cloves

Mustard – 1 tsp

Red chilies – 2

Curry leaves

Salt as required

Black pepper - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds/Jeera – 1 tsp

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Chili powder – 1/2 tsp

Methi powder – 1/4 tsp

Method:

Soak the horse gram for 5 hours or overnight. This step is to make the cooking process easy and reduce fuel consumption as well to cook.

Keep all the ingredients ready.

First cook the horse gram for 10 whistles adding 3 cups of water, little oil and curry leaves.

Once the pressure subsides, drain the water completely.

Keep the cooked horse gram separately for kollu paruppu kadaiyal.

Now extract juice from tamarind.

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. When it splitters, add red chilies and curry leaves.

Add tamarind juice and turmeric powder, chili powder and methi powder. Boil for 5 mins.

Add required salt.

Take pepper and cumin seeds in a blender. Blend it to a coarse powder.

Now add garlic cloves and few curry leaves. Grind it coarsely giving 1 pulse.

Add the mixer to the rasam.

Now add the reserved water from Kollu. Add a pinch of asafetida and coriander leaves.

Mix well and check salt once. Simmer the flame.

Do not roll boil. When it is frothy switch off the flame.

Transfer to serving bowl and close with lid till you serve.

Serve with hot steamed rice and Kollu paruppu Kadaiyal

Note:

Always close the rasam nicely with a lid till you serve.

You can also add tomato. But we don’t add in my home.

              I did not add coriander leaves as I did not have it in handy.