Description
South Indian watery spicy soup effective with tomato acidity, tamarind, and massive 'black pepper' and 'garlic'. Cures colds/stomach heaviness in one shot.
Restaurants serving Tomato Rasam (Spicy Tomato Medicinal Soup)
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Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients]
- large ripe tomatoes,
- tsp tamarind paste (dissolve in 50ml hot water),
- garlic cloves,
- tsp black peppercorns,
- tsp cumin seeds, 1/
- tsp turmeric, 1/
- tsp mustard seeds,
- curry leaves,
- dried red chili, salt pinch, 400ml water,
- tsp oil, massive cilantro.
- Most crucial spice blending. Put whole 'black peppercorns', 'cumin seeds', raw 'garlic' in mortar (or spice mill), smash/crush into coarse paste (*Grinding from raw rather than powder draws intense aroma/medicinal efficacy).
- Put cubed ripe tomatoes, sour water dissolving tamarind, turmeric, salt, water in pot and heat.
- Simmer mins until tomatoes crumble gooey, toss entire 'special black pepper/garlic paste' crushed in mortar earlier, boil bubbling further mins giving punch to soup.
- Make 'Tadka (Tempering)' in small pan. Heat minimal oil, pop mustard seeds, fry red chilies/curry leaves almost burning transferring aroma.
- Instantly pour this piping hot spice oil 'Sizzzzzle!' into boiling tomato soup, cover immediately.
- Remove from heat, scatter massive cilantro to finish. Slurping with spoon, right after tomato/tamarind 'intense acidity', coarse black pepper/garlic 'violent heat' burns throat, blowing sweat from all body pores—ultimate detox soup.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Black pepper、Cumin、Mustard seeds、Turmeric、Red chili
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Umeboshi (dissolve in soup as sub for tamarind's unique fruity acidity)
Pairing
Brown rice、Idli(steamed bread)、On hangover mornings
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Rasam' means 'juice (extract)' in Tamil. Unlike Dal potage-like curries, features 'splashy clear soup' boiled until veg forms disappear. South India says 'if you catch a cold, drink Rasam and sweat'; black pepper bactericidal/diaphoretic actions and tamarind fatigue-recovery effects are medically calculated. Uses almost no oil so calories are near zero; drinking daily cleanly resets internal organs.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Not just drinking as soup, pour massively over brown rice in bowl until splashy, washing down 'zuru-zuru' like 'spicy Ochazuke'!
Allergen
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