Cherry Rasam

Cherry Rasam - South Indian style sweet and spicy thin soup with fresh cherries. Check out the easy to make and lip-smacking cherry rasam/soup recipe with step-wise pictures.

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Recipe Snapshot

YIELD

4

CUISINE

Tamil Nadu

TIME

35 min

COURSE

Entree

Ingredients

Flavorful & delicious!

– cherries – cumin powder – red chili powder – turmeric powder – salt – ground pepper – garlic cloves – curry leaves – cilantro – water To Temper: – ghee  – cumin seeds

You will need:

Instructions

Simple & easy-to-follow

Step 1

– Wash the cherries and discard the stems. Pat them dry and pit the cherries like mentioned above.

Step 2

– Cut five cherries into small pieces and grind the remaining ten cherries coarsely without adding any water.

Step 3

– In a saucepan add the ground cherries, cut cherries, cumin powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, ground pepper, crushed garlic cloves.

Step 4

– Add two cups of water and mix thoroughly.

Step 5

– Now bring this mix to a boil over medium heat. Now add the curry leaves, cilantro and remaining one cup of water. Mix well.

Step 5

– Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer the rasam until it becomes frothy on top. Then turn off the heat.

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– In a separate tempering pan, melt the ghee. When the ghee is hot, add the cumin seeds and fry. Add this tempering to the rasam immediately and also add the remaining cilantro. Cover the rasam and let the flavors infuse. – Finally, add two to three pitted cherries to garnish and serve hot as a soup or along with rice and dry curry.

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