Pineapple Rasam - Kaithachakka Rasam -Tamil kerala Recipe

Ingredients

Toor Dal (yellow lentils) -1/4 cup

Ripe pineapple(chopped) – ¼ cup

Tomato -1 nos (chopped)

Tamarind- lemon size

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tspn

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves

Mustard seeds

Oil

Curry leaves

Green chillies-2 nos (sliced)

Dried red chilli – 2 ( broken into two)

Asafoetida (hing)- a pinch

Garlic clove- 5-6 ( crushed)

For Rasam powder( or you can use instant rasam powder-2 tspn)

Cumin seeds – 1 tblspn

Whole black pepper – 1 tblspn

Fenugreek seeds – ½ tspn

Coriander seeds-1 tblspn

Dried red chilli-2

Channa dal – 1 tspn

Urad dal- 1 tspn

Preparation

1.Dry roast the ingredients for rasam powder.And grind it to make powder.keep aside.

2.Cook the chopped pineapple pieces in 2 to 3 cups of water until they are done, Meanwhile pressure cook tuvar dal with turmeric in a cup of water till soft and keep aside.

3.Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and let them splutter.Add the asafoetida, rasam powder(which kept aside early- or  instant rasam powder), garlic,dried red chillies and curry leaves.

4.Add tomatoes and sauté it.

5.Add the tamarind extract, cooked pineapple with water,green chili and salt.

6.Bring it to a boil.

7.Garnish with coriander leaves

Serve with rice.