Pineapple Rasam

                     Pineapple Rasam

               Rasam is just like a thin soup and it is very light to the stomach . It is usually served in lunch just like sambhar. In SouthIndian lunch we always first serve rice with ghee and paruppu , then rice with sambhar , then rice accompanied with rasam amd then yogurt/buttermilk. Full meal is completed with 2 types of vegetables as sidedish and appalam.

                 There are different varieties in Rasam.One is Pineapple. I learned this one from my mother in law. I never liked pineapple as such but I loved the pineapple  in the rasam.

Pineapple        - 1 small cup

Thuvar dhal     - 1/4 cup cooked

Rasam powder - 1 tsp

turmeric           - 1/4 tsp

Water               -2 cups

Tomato - 1/2 chopped

Tamarind         -1 blueberry size soaked in water

( we need little of the tamarind water just for little sourness)

salt

Curry leaves

Coriander finely chopped for garnishing

oil                 - 1 tsp

mustard        -1/4 tsp

Now first take the 1/4 cup of cooked dhal and 1/4 cup of pineapple and crush/mash them in the water.

In the microwave lightly cook the remaining pineapple and mix this with the dhal water.

Add little tamarind water to it ,salt, turmeric, rasam powder and mix it well and taste it little bit  to check if it needs anything.

Now heat a pan and add oil to it.

Then add the mustard , curry leaves.

Add the Tomato and sauté 

Add the rasam water mix which we prepared and let it to boil .

When it starts to boil allow it for a minute and switch off the heat and add the chopped coriander.

Adding the chopped pineapple when it boiling is optional but looks good

There your Pineapple Rasam is ready to be served......