Mint Rasam (Podhina)

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
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Paruppu Rasam

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)
- When it stops spluttering, 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 4 mint leaves (optional)
- Add 1 chopped Tomato and little coriander leaves and saute for another min
- Add the tamarind paste (can be little watery)
- Add Turmeric powder & salt
- Add as much dhal water (Paruppu Thanni) you have and bring it nearly to a boil.
- 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.
- 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.
Kollu Rasam

- 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