Green Apple Rasam

Toor Dal & Dal water

1/4 cup cooked and mashed toor dal
1 cup water

Cook toor dal with water in pressure cooker (you can cook this in stove top as well). Filter the water and mash it.

I got 1 cup of dal cooked water. Added 1 more cup of water to make it 2 cups.

Dal+Dalwater: 2 cups

Apple-Tomato-Spice Mix

1 cup green apple (1 large green apple or 2 small green apples), peeled and chopped
1 cup tomato, chopped (2 tomatoes)
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 jalapeno pepper / dry red chili

Blend all the above to a smooth paste.

Yields: 1  cup ground mixture. I added 1 cup water to wash the blender and added it

Apple-Tomato-Spice Mix: 2 cups

Rasam

1 tsp coconut oil
1/4 cup green apples, finely chopped (1/4 green apple yielded me 1/4 cup finely chopped)

Fry the apples in oil for 3 minutes in medium flame.

Add ground mixture, Mix well.

1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 and 1/4 tsp salt
assafoetida

Add turmeric powder, salt, asafetida. Let it com to boil, simmer in low flame for 10 minutes.

Add cooked toor dal with water. Turn the stove to medium, let it come to a boil and then turn off the stove.

Temper

1 tsp coconut oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1 dry red chili, broken

Heat oil add mustard seeds, red chili, allow mustard seeds to splutter, turn for few seconds. Add to the rasam.

Garnish

cilantro leaves, chopped

Garnish with cilantro leaves.

Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME
Source: bawarchi