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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


Kollu Rasam / Horse gram rasam
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • Kollu / Horse gram - ½ cup
  • Tomato - 1 no
  • Turmeric - ½ tsp
  • Oil - 11/2 tsp
  • Mustard - ½ 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:
  1. Pressure cook horse gram/ kollu, turmeric, tomato and oil - ½ 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.
  2. Grind the items listed under "To grind" section to coarse paste.
  3. Extract the tamarind water to 1 cup.
COOKING:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.