PINEAPPLE RASAM RECIPE / PINEAPPLE SAARU
Pineapple Rasam or Pineapple Saaru is a spicy , tangy , slightly sweetish unique variety of rasam made with Pineapple , tomatoes and some freshly roasted spices .
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Pineapple, diced
- 1/2 cup Pineapple, chopped
- 1+1 nos Tomato , to grind & cook
- 1-2 slit Green Chilli
- 1/4 cup Tuvar Dal / split Pigeon Peas, cooked & mashed
- 1 tsp Rasam Powder
- small piece Jaggery
- lemon size Tamarind , soaked in water ( optional )
- few Curry leaves
- few sprigs Coriander leaves
- 1 tsp Haldi / Turmeric
- Salt to taste
To roast & powder
- 1.5 tsp Jeera / Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp Pepper
To Temper
- 2-3 tsp Ghee
- 1 tsp Mustard
- 1/2 tsp Jeera / Cumin seeds
- a big pinch Hing / Asafoetida
Instructions
- Pressure cook tuvar dal , with little haldi and a cup of water. Cook soft for 4-5 whistles . Once pressure is released , mash dal and keep aside .
- Soak tamarind in warm water for 5-10 mins.
- In a pan / kadai , dry roast jeera and pepper till they are aromatic and crisp .
- Once Jeera pepper are nicely roasted , let they cool before you pulse.
- To a mixer, add the roasted jeera, peppercorns and pulse it .Make a semi coarse powder.
- To the same jar, add diced pineapple and add diced tomato . Grind it to a smooth paste . Keep aside .
- To a vessel add remaining chopped Pineapple , chopped tomato and slit green chilli .
- Add a cup of water , cover and cook for 3- 4 mins. Let pineapple and tomato get a bit soft.
- To the cooked Pineapple- Tomato , Add ground pineapple tomato puree . Add salt , haldi , jeera pepper powder , rasam powder , tamarind puree and little jaggery
- Lastly , add cooked mashed dal and water as required . Give rasam a nice mix . Keep the flame on medium and bring to boil .
- Add few curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves . Let the rasam boil just once . Do not over boil , taste will spoil.
- Meanwhile, prepare a tempering. In a small kadai , heat ghee . Splutter mustard and jeera . Add a pinch of hing . pour the tempering to the hot rasam .
- That's it tasty and easy Pineapple Rasam is ready to relish .