Mango Rasam - #SimpleDish

Rasam is a very simple dish and takes very less time to prepare. It goes very well with rice and deep fry curries and is a popular dish in south India. In this recipe I used Mango powder to get the tanginess to the dish instead of tamarind paste.

Ingredients:

1. Oil - 1 tsp
2. Mustard Seeds - 1/8 tsp
3. Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
4. Hing
5. Garlic clove - 1
6. Dry Red chilli - 3
7. Curry Leaves
8. Onion - 1 small
9. Tomato - 1
10. Water - 3 cups
11. Turmeric - a pinch
12. Coriander Seeds/Powder - 3/4 tsp
13. Mango Powder - 1 tsp
14. Desiccated coconut - 3/4 tsp
15. Salt
16. Coriander Leaves

Preparation (20min)

1. Take Pan and add oil to it. When the oil is heated, add mustard seed and wait till they splutter
2. Then add Cumin seeds and hing and crushed garlic to the pan
3. Now add dry red chilies and curry leaves to the pan. Wait for a minute till they are fried
4. Now add chopped onion pieces and fry for 3-4 min
5. Now add finely chopped tomato pieces to the mixture and cook the mixture by closing the pan with a lid for 3-4 min
6. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder, Mango powder, coconut to the mixture. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly
7. Add water to the mixture and let it boil.
8. Now add pepper powder, Salt and boil the ingredients for 8-10 min.
9. Now add coriander leaves, curry leaves and turn off the flame