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Monday, July 9, 2012

Cherry Rasam (South Indian Soup)



I made this rasam over 2 months ago when i blogged my Cherry Pie and Cherry Kachal. Believe it or not, I have over 20 recipes I need to blog and I keep falling back more and more - with the kids at home and a dozen other distractions, it seems hard to get on with blogging - esp since I have been also undergoing acupuncture  for what I have dubbed "computeritis" It hits you right where the nexk meet the back and shoulder and it feels often like a hundred pins are being jabbed on a particular spot, relentlessly - I risk that pain each time I get online, but writing and blogging have become necessities and in many ways define what I do other than being a caring mom - My Chinese Medical doc has advised me to cut back on the computer hours and stop to do some neck rolls, and other stretches - no more than 2 hours a day is her recommendation for computer use. It is past midnight, one of those insomniac and restless nights when I got up so as to not disturb anybody else to do my thing - this I hope will also help me sleep.

If you have not had a cherry rasam yet, you must certainly put it on the list of things to make, try sooner than later - It is incredibly tasty - seriously - the sweet& tart flavors of the cherry combined with the aromatic flavors of our rasam powder, freshly ground coriander and black peppers, slightly roasted coconut sends this rasam to a whole new level as rasams go. 



The recipe

Ingredients
1 cup of cherries
2 tsp of Rasam powder
5 cups of water
1tso each of coriander seeds, grated coconut,  cumin, black pepper 
2 red chilies (optional) 
salt to taste
butter/mustard seeds/ cumin seeds/ cilantro/curry leaves to temper

Preparation
Bring the cherries to boil in the water -
In the meantime, roast the dry condiments, grind with a tad bit of water 
Add the rasam powder along with the condiments and spin it too
Now add this to the boiling cherries
Add salt
At this point I just filtered most of the cherries, ground them up and added them back to the rasam -leaving a few to bite into like we do tomatoes
Taste to see if it has the tartness you desire or if it is too sweet --Either ways a tsp of lemon after it has been removed from the stove is an option - i had no need to do that.
Pour rasam into serving dish
Temper the mustards cumin and the curry leaves and add to the rasam - 
add finely chopped cilantro for garnish

Serve HOT as a soup or with rice and pappad and a delicious veggie on the side :)



27 comments:

  1. sounds interesting rasam.. thanks for sharing it..

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  2. Sounds so different! Wanna try this yummy rasam soon..

    Cheers!
    Vani

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  3. Unique rasam,sounds interesting,the color is gorgeous.

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  4. Ho Priya I am so sorry abt yousuffering from Computeritis. I know from experience how pianful it can be. Please take care,

    The first thing that attracted me was the bowl. Such a dear one. Then I went through ur recipe. Love it.
    I am hosting Kitchen Chronicles Theme Go Nuts... till 15th July.Do send me your entries

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  5. very innovative recipe :) sounds very different and interesting.

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  6. sound so interesting and innovative..loved the colour and the beautiful serving bowl..

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  7. what an interesting recipe! i bet its delicious!

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  8. Truly very unique and irresistible rasam.

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  9. interesting this soup. So exotic looking to me. Indian cooking is just full of flavour and so delicious.

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  10. Innovative and healthy soup. Attractive to kids also.

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  11. Innovative and healthy soup. Attractive to kids also.

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  12. cherry and rasam...quite interesting, looks lovely n yummy Priya :)

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  13. Wish I could lay my hands on such fresh cherries...Rasam with cherries sounds exciting...

    Hope the pain reduces soon with he acupuncture treatment..take care Priya

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  14. Wow! Rasam with cherry nice combo..... interesting..

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  15. Wow! Rasam with cherry nice combo..... interesting..

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  16. rasam with cherries sounds very interesting and delicious!

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  17. This recipe is new to me...Sounds & looks tasty!!

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  18. New and interesting recipe..bookmarked it. Thanks for sharing..

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  19. Dear Priya,
    Thank you for visiting me. Cherry rasam, home made bread, stuffed squash blossoms, and spinut balls in an appam pan!!!....gosh, is there anything you don't make at home. I am totally smitten and I will definitely be following you. I had no idea lavender buds were used for cooking! So much to learn from you. Let's keep in touch.
    Love,
    Sangeetha

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  20. Hi ,

    I'm Punitha of

    www.southindiafoodrecipes.blogspot.in

    Cherry rasam looks AAwesome !!!

    Thanks to your visit to my blog

    and happy to follow Dear:))

    Kee up your good work:))

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