Rasam (dish)
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Rasam is a spicy
South Indian soup-like dish.[1] It is usually served as a side dish with rice. In a traditional South Indian meal, it is part of a course that includes sambar rice. Rasam has a distinct taste in comparison to sambar due to its own seasoning ingredients and is fluid in consistency. Chilled prepared versions are marketed commercially as well as rasam paste in bottles.[2]
An Anglo-Indian variety of rasam is the soup-like dish mulligatawny whose name is derived from the Tamil word mulagu thani.[3]
Origin
Rasam in
, added spices and garnish.Ingredients
Rasam is prepared mainly with a tart base such as
shallots and coriander leaves may be used as flavoring ingredients and garnish in South India
.
Types
Different kinds of rasam are listed below with their main ingredients.
- Koẕi rasam – chicken
- Kaḍalai rasam – black chickpeas
- Venkāya rasam – Eggplant
- Kattu sāru – Togari bele and Byadgi chillies[4]
- Huruli sāru - made from Horsegram (Kudu in Tulu)[5]
- Tili sāru – sieving water from plain rice
- Thakkāḷi rasam – tomato puree
- Pūndu rasam – garlic
- Inji rasam – ginger
- Panasa tona charu - jackfruit (ripe)
- Mudakathān rasam – balloon vine
- Māngā rasam – raw or semi-ripe mango
- Elumichai rasam – lemon juice
- Nellikkāi rasam – Indian gooseberry
- Murungai pū rasam – drumstickflower
- Vēpam pū rasam – neemflower
- Kandathippili rasam – greens
- Bassāru/kattu sāru – boiled vegetables/greens/lentils
- Miḷagu rasam (mulligatawny) – black pepper
- Jīraga rasam – cumin
- Beetroot rasam
- Black pepper sāru – Black pepper (Karimenasu in Kannada)[6]
- Puḷi rasam – kokum or tamarindextract
- Hesaru kālu sāru – green gram
- Paruppu rasam / pappu sāru – pulsesand tomato stock
- Baellae sāru – pigeon pea lentil
- Kattina sāru – jaggery
- Mysore rasam – fried lentils[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Rasam - Recipes, Food & Drink - The Independent". Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "NRN-funded startup to retail rasam, sattu in packs". The Times Of India. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "Mulligatawny soup, meatball curry and more: The hybrid culinary inventions of Anglo-Indians". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Tovve,Kattu Saaru,Dal recipe". Udupi-recipes. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Horsegram Rasam,Huruli Saaru,Kudu Saaru recipe". Udupi-recipes. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Nursing Mother Foods-black-pepper rasam recipe". Udupi-recipes. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Mysore Rasam Recipe, Mysore Soup, Mysore Charu, Yogari Bele Saaru, Mysore Sathamudhu, Mysore Dal Tamarind Curry, Mysore Saru, Mysore Chaaru, Mysore Lentil Soup". Rasam.co.in. Retrieved 18 January 2014.