Rasam Powder and Tomato Rasam

Tomato Rasam is a simple rasam that can be made in minutes when you have Instant rasam powder in your hand. That too home made rasam powder is special and flavourful with nice aroma and pleasant taste. Here I have given the correct measurement for the rasam powder according to my family taste and requirements. If you have any Ingredients to be added or reduced, you can do as well. Here is the recipe of Rasam Powder and how to make Tomato Rasam.

Ingredients:

For Rasam Powder:

1. Cumin / Jeera - 1/2 cup
2. Black Pepper  - 2 tbsp
3. Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
4. Toor Dal - 1/4 cup
5. Dry Red Chilly - 5 to 6 medium size
6. Turmeric - 1 tsp
7. Fenugreek - 1 tsp
8. Asafoetida - 1 tsp
9. Curry leaves - 2 sprig

For Tomato Rasam:

1. Tomato - 2 large
2. Small Onion - 2
3. Garlic - 4 pods
4. Red chilly -2 
5. Mustard - 1/4 tsp
6. Tamarind  - 1 lemon size
7. Curry leaves 
8. Coriander leaves
9. Home made Rasam Powder
10. Cooking Oil
11. Salt as per taste

Rasam Powder Preparation Method:

Dry Roast all the Ingredients Separately in a clean dry Pan
Roast in medium flame

Transfer in a broad plate. Let it cool and then grind to a fine powder and store it in a clean dry Air tight Container. It will be in good condition for upto 3 months on careful handling.

Tomato Rasam Preparation Method:

Extracting Rasam Water

Add Tomatoes and required water in a pan.
Cook in medium flame for about 5 minutes. 
Then switch off the flame.
Add the tamarind in that hot tomatoe water. 
Let it cool completely. 
Squeeze the tomatoes and tamarind and remove it from the water.
Now you get clean tomato rasam syrup.

• In a pan add 1 tbsp of Oil followed by mustard
• Then add Onion, red chilly, Garlic, curry leaves
• Now add tomato rasam syrup and required salt and let it boil for few minutes.
• finally add Rasam Powder and just boil it for a second and switch off the flame. Garnish with Coriander leaves.
• Tomato Rasam is ready.

Lunch Box Idea 17 - Green Moong Dal Rice

Children Lunch Box Idea - 17

Click the Link Below for Step by Step Pictures of making the Dish with Clear Procedure 

• Rice
• GreenMoong dal
• Potato Fry
• Dry Fruits

Iron rich Beet Juice Recipe for Women

The beautiful and bright colour of beetroots can make anyone fall in love with it yet it is often ignored, perhaps because of its distinctive taste. If you’re not a fan, you should know that beetroot has been gaining amazing popularity as the new superfood around the world. It’s low in fat, full of powerful antioxidants, rich in Vitamin C, and helps in the absorption of iron. Need we say more? Both the leaves and the roots can be eaten. While the pink root is sweet, the dark green leaves are bitter but very rich in calcium, iron and Vitamin A.

Beetroots are best enjoyed raw and uncooked as cooking may destroy most of its nutrients. You can add them in salads or easier to just juice them up. Beetroots are one of the healthiest vegetables you can juice, undoubtedly. A glass of beetroot juice helps in giving you all the vitamins and minerals in a concentrated form. If your mixture is too thick you can add some water to balance the consistency. Don’t remove the pulp that’s where all your fiber is. Also, remember that plain beetroot juice may contain oxalic acid and therefore it is good to blend it with other fruits or vegetables. This will also help in adding additional flavour and nutrition. For instance, beetroots and carrots make a lovely pair. Karupatti has lots of Iron in it. Most of the women are suffering from Iron deficiency. This juice can be taken by women during their monthly periods, as it is used to get rid off from tiredness and boosts up the energy. 

Ingredients:

1. Beetroot - 1 cup
2. Carrot - 1/4 cup 
3. Pomegranate - 1/4 cup
4. Karupatti - 1 tbsp (or) you can use Jaggery
5. Water - 1 and 1/2 cups
6. Dates - 2 nos (optional)
7. Ice cubes few

Directions to make Beetroot Juice:

Add Beetroot, carrot, Jaggery, ice cubes and water in a mixie.  I had only carrots that time. So am using Carrots. If you have Pomegranate, it will be more nutrious Iron source for women

Filter it using a juice filter. Since mine is in-built mixie filter, I need not filter it separately. Now your healthy juice is ready to serve. 

Notes:

• For Variations you can make juice using Pomegranate, beetroot and Dates combinations. It will be a Iron rich Juice. 
• Another combination is by adding grated coconut and Jaggery along with grated beetroot and make a juice out of it. It makes a Fantastic juice combination.
• Karupatti has lots of Iron in it. If it is not available you can go for Jaggery (or) Karumbu sakkarai.

Quick Potato Fry

This recipe is a quick and easy potato fry that can be made in minutes, but the taste is extraordinary.

Ingredients:

1. Potato - 2 large
2. Big Onion - 1 medium size
3. Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
4. Turmeric powder - 14 tsp
5. Sambar Powder - 1 tsp
6. Curry leaves 
7. Mustard - 1/8 tsp
8. Cooling Oil - 1 tbsp
9. Salt as per your taste

Cooking Directions:

Wash the Potatoes nicely and Cut into Small cubes. In a frying pan add 1 tbsp of Oil add mustard followed by Onion and curry leaves.
Saute it for some time. Then add Ginger Garlic paste and saute it.

Add cubed Potatoes and saute it for 2 mins. Then add turmeric powder and Sambar powder.

Saute it for a minute. Now add water as required and Salt. Close the lid and cook it for about 5 to 7 mins

Open the lid and if you find any water. Let it dry with medium flame. 
Now it is ready to serve.

Amla Juice with Herbs

I got fresh gooseberries from our friend's gooseberry tree. There was bunch of gooseberries in every branch of the tree. It was very pleasant to look at those bunches. I picked those gooseberries and made this fresh Amla juice. Those i picked are small ones, so i got some bitter taste. The juice made from big gooseberries are less bitter. 

Amla is healthy and much needed to our body. It is high in antioxidants and Vitamin C. It is considered as one of the immunity boosters and works well in kids. Amla can be consumed in many ways. Here i have given a rare and unique juice recipe which when consumed gives goodness to our body in many aspects and also helps in digestion. Even kids can drink this juice in small quantity, if they liked it. Amla in addiiton with the below mentioned herbs has enormous nutritional benefits when taken by kids. This juice have mild bitter taste. Don't hesitate, Keep in mind We are drinking for our body to keep healthy. Some of my Amla recipes are given below

https://sangitascookbook.blogspot.com/2018/02/nellikai-uppilitathu-amla-in-salt-water.html

https://sangitascookbook.blogspot.com/2019/02/goosebarry-balls.html

https://sangitascookbook.blogspot.com/2018/02/nellikai-uppilitathu-amla-in-salt-water.html

Ingredients:

1. Amla/Nellikkai/Gooseberry - 2 large 
2. Curry leaves - 2 tbsp 
3. Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
4. Mint leaves - 2 tbsp
5. Tulsi or holy Basil - 1 tbsp

The above mentioned Ingredients serves 2 glasses of Amla Juice

( I had only few Thulasi leaves, so i added in less number)

Method to make Juice:

Add all the Ingredients in a mixie, add enough water and blend as a fine paste

It is filtered using a filter

Add one more glass of water and extract the complete juice of amla and herbs. 

Now amla juice is ready to consume as such or u can add a pinch of salt

Notes:

• This juice can be consumed in empty stomach to obtain lots of health benefits.
• This juice can be consumed twice or thrice in a week.
• As soon as it is prepared it should be consumed.
• No need to add sugar or Honey. It should be consumed as it is to get entire nutrition of these herbs.
• If you have any particular disease or stomach problems please do avoid this juice.

Gooseberry Sweet Balls

These sweet balls are especially made for children who dislike gooseberries. By giving this to our kids from their childhood days, they will be having good immunity power over diseases. Gooseberries are abundant in Vitamin C and helps in boosting immunity in children.

Ingredients:

1. Gooseberry - 3 to 4
2. karuppati / Jaggery - 1/2 cup
3. Ghee - 1 tbsp
4. cardamom powder - 1//4 tsp

Cooking Method:

Cook gooseberries are cooked in water or can be steam cooked

Gooseberries are cutted into pieces

Cutted pieces are added in mixie and grinded into coarse paste

In a pan add karupatti and 2 tbsp of water and let it boil for few seconds( This step is just to filter the impurities found in Jaggery)

Filter the dust using a filter and again add the jaggery water in the pan

Add the coarsely grounded gooseberry and let it cook

Now the gooseberry absorbs all the jaggery water and becomes thick in consistency. Now add cardamom powder. 

Finally add ghee and switch off the stove.

It is now ready to make balls out of this gooseberry. Store in air tight container. It holds good for about a week in normal temperature upon careful handling.

Idly Podi/Idli Milagai Podi Recipe

Ingredients:

1. Urad Dal /Ulundu - 1 cup
2. Chana Dal/ Kadalai paruppu - 3/4 cup
3. Red chilli - 3/4 cup
4. Groundnut - 1 tbsp
5. Sesame Seeds/Ellu - 1 tbsp
6. Hing - small piece / 1/4 tsp
7. Curry leaves - 2 sprig only
8. Salt - 1 to 2 tsp (or) as per needed
9. Kollu / Kulthi Dal - 1tbsp (optional)

Method:

Dry Roast everything seperately until golden brown in medium flame

First Dry Roast Red Chilli in low flame for about a minute. It changes its colour.
Transfer it into a plate.

Then dry roast chana Dal forabout 3 minutes in medium low flame. A nice aroma will come on continuous roasting. transfer to a plate

Then dry roast Urad Dal for about 3 minutes. It changes ints colour with a nice aroma. transfer to a plate

Next groundnut. roast it for few second as it is already roasted groundnut only.

Next sesame seeds are roasted till it splutters and the colour is also changed.

Curry leaves are washed thoroughly and then roast it till it becomes dry and can be crushed.

The salt is also roasted to remove the moisture in it. I used Rock salt.

Finally Hing is roasted. I used solid asafoetida. You can use Powdered Hing also.

After it gets cooled, add in mixie and grind to a coarse powder. 

Store it in an air tight Container.