25 PINEAPPLE RASAM


Pineapple - 6 thick slices( cut into small pieces)
Tomato - 2 small chopped
Garlic - 3
Green chillies - 2
Red Chillies - 2
Cooked Toor dhal - 1/3 cup
Rasam Powder - 1 tbsp
Hing/Asafoetida - a pinch
Mustard seeds and urda dhal - 1 tsp each
Coriander leaves - few chopped for garnishing
Salt as needed
Oil - 1 - 1 1/2 tbsp



Make a paste with cooked dhal, tomato, green chillies and garlic( This will help the dhal also to get mashed well). Keep it aside.

Make a separate paste of pineapple( can keep aside 2 tbsp of small pieces and grind the remaining to a fine paste)


Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, hing and curry leaves, broken red chillies( one by one). Wait till they splutter up and immediately add the rasam powder, mix once and pour in the ground paste( paste of dhal, tomato...). Add a cup of water and allow it to cook till raw smell leaves around 6 - 7 minutes. Finally add the paste of pine apple and the chunks along(adjust water accordingly) with salt and allow it to come up to a boil. Remove and garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with rice.

Recipe learnt from my friend Athi.



25 comments/Reactions:

Nivedita Thadani said...

Hi
YUmmm, I can feel the pineapple in my mouth. Very different rasam.

Unknown said...

Rasam looks tangy and delicious.

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Nice innovative....love the colour.

Unknown said...

Wow, Never heard of pineapple rasam..looks very yummy

Namitha said...

Sounds unique...Love anything that has pineapple..maybe I should try this one :-)

Priya Suresh said...

Rasam looks delicious and fantastic..

RV @ Food for 7 Stages said...

oh my favorite Rasam.. love the fruity taste in the spicy rasam..

Unknown said...

Unique rasam padma!!My fav fruit is pineapple..Will def give it a shot, one of these days.Thanks for sharing.

Gita Jaishankar said...

I too love pineapple rasam...never tried adding dhal in this rasam...will try your version soon...looks tempting :)

Sunitha said...

Very interesting.. I like the idea of pineapple in rasam.. lovely

jayashree said...

This should serve as a good soup also , I guess !

Sarah Naveen said...

Thats a lovely yummy idea..Loved it
looks simply delicious.

Sushma Mallya said...

quiet a unique one but delicious too..

Nandinis food said...

Wow! Lovely rasam! My H's fav......tried this rasam long back....Fantastic rasam!

kitchen queen said...

A different and nice rasam worth trying out.

Chitra said...

Never tried this rasam..heard abt it.Looks very nice..shud try this once :)

Rekha shoban said...

new recipes dear....quite intersting one.

chef and her kitchen said...

yummy rasam...never tried this..

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Never tried this, looks yumm...

Tina said...

Never tried this.....Looks yummy.

Sreelekha Sumesh said...

First time hearing pineapple rasam..looks very nice.

Abhilash said...

This is simple superb. I never thought of creating a rasam from pinapple. It is a very good idea.

Vidhya said...

ya I make Pineapple rasam too but minus garlic.. will try this version next time.

Sanghi said...

Padma dear.. yummy innovative rasam.. You can send this to my FIL-Fruits event da!

my kitchen said...

Lovely rasam,Mine is waiting to be posted,perfect with hot rice

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