Kollu paruppu rasam is normally prepared to treat Cough / Cold at my house. If this is taken with white rice for 2 days when we have cold, the cold will be gone with no traces.
Kollu Rasam / Horse gram rasam
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
- Kollu / Horse gram – 1/2 cup
- Tomato – 1 no
- Turmeric – 1/2 tsp
- Oil – 11/2 tsp
- Mustard – 1/2 tsp
- Asefoetida/ Hing – 1 pinch
- Green Chili – 2 nos
- Curry Leaves – 1 strand
- Salt – to taste
- Tamarind – 1 inch
- Rasam Powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander Leaves – 3 stks
- To grind :
- Garlic – 3 nos
- Cumin – 1 tsp
- Small Onions – 2 no
- Curry Leaves – 1 strand
- Red Chili – 1 no
- Pepper – 10 nos
Instructions
PREP:
- Pressure cook horse gram/ kollu, turmeric, tomato and oil – 1/2 tsp with 2 cups of water for 2 whistles and in low flame for 5 min. When the pressure is released filter the water. Use the rest of the horse gram to make Chutney.
- Grind the items listed under “To grind” section to coarse paste.
- Extract the tamarind water to 1 cup.
COOKING:
- In a pan add remaining oil, mustard. When mustard crackles, add hing, green chili, curry leaves. Immediately add the ground masala paste.Fry this for about 2 min, till the raw smell leaves. Add the rasam powder, both the juices, Salt. Let it come to boil.
- Add the coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
Notes
This is excellent soruce for treating cold. We can drink as it is like soup without mixing with rice.
(*) Recipe from my Mom’s Kitchen.
excellent recipes sashi! !!!
Quality time spent on explaining.
Kollu rasam is very nice i try it
Thanks for sharing the recipe. It was awesome for my toddlers cold and my hubby loved it
Thanks Priti!!