Thenu’s Kitchen


Mint Rasam (Podhina)
May 16, 2008, 12:29 am
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Coarse Grind:

  • Jeera – .75 tsp
  • Pepper 0.5 tsp
  • 1 red chilly
  • 4 cloves garlic

Cook:

  • Pour oil in a kadai
  • When hot enough add kadugu (mustard seeds)
  • Add hing (perungayam)
  • Add the ground mixture and saute for a min in low flame.
  • Then add 1 more red chilly (optional)
  • Add lots of curry leaves
  • Add lots of mint leaves
  • Saute mint well until raw smell goes off
  • Squeeze 1/2 Tomato (optional)
  • Add the tamarind paste (can be little watery)
  • Add Turmeric powder & salt
  • Let it boil for a min
  • Now add 3 Tbsp of cooked Dhal (optional)
  • Add more water as per your desired consistency and let it cook on medium flame until it froths.
  • As soon as you see froths adding up, add lots of coriander leaves and couple more curry leaves and swith it off.
  • Cover to preserve the aroma


Paruppu Rasam
May 16, 2008, 12:27 am
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Coarse Grind:

  • Jeera – .75 tsp
  • Pepper 0.5 tsp
  • 1 red chilly
  • 4 cloves garlic

Cook:

  1. Pour oil in a kadai
  2. When hot enough add kadugu (mustard seeds)
  3. When it stops spluttering, add the ground mixture and saute for a min in low flame.
  4. Then add 1 more red chilly (optional)
  5. Add lots of curry leaves
  6. Add 4 mint leaves (optional)
  7. Add 1 chopped Tomato and little coriander leaves and saute for another min
  8. Add the tamarind paste (can be little watery)
  9. Add Turmeric powder & salt
  10. Add as much dhal water (Paruppu Thanni) you have and bring it nearly to a boil.
  11. Now add 3 Tbsp of cooked Dhal and more water as per your desired consistency and let it cook on medium flame until it froths.
  12. As soon as you see froths adding up, add lots of coriander leaves and couple more curry leaves and swith it off.
  13. Cover to preserve the aroma.


Kollu Rasam
May 16, 2008, 12:20 am
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  • Drain and save any Kollu water from boiling the kollu
  • Make Kollu chutney with the drained kollu
  • Dry roast 1tsp corriander seeds, 0.5tsp cumin, 0.25tsp pepper, 0.25tsp methi and fine grind them
  • Coarse grind 4 small onions (pearl onions)
  • In 1 tsp of hot oil, temper 0.25tsp mustard seeds, few curry leaves
  • Saute the ground onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves, 1 red chilly
  • Add 1 medium chopped tomato and saute until oil leaves by the sides
  • Save a little bit and mix the rest of the ground powder
  • Add 1 cup of tamarind juice
  • Add the drained kollu water
  • Add 1tbsp of kollu chutney
  • Add plain water to the desired consistency
  • Let it cook until it begins to froth
  • Add the remaining ground powder
  • Turn off the stove and serve hot with rice or as soup
  • This brings great relief to those runny noses and sore throats