Watermelon Rasam | Darboosani Rasam
Watermelon Rasam | Darboosani Rasam - A South Indian-style lentil soup with watermelon! A spicy rasam with a tinge of sweetness.
Servings: 6
Calories: 51kcal
Ingredients
- 1.5 tbsp Rasam Powder
- ½ tsp Pepper Powder
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- 1.5 cups Water melon juice
- 2 tsp Salt or to taste or heaped
- 1 tbsp Tamarind paste
- 2 cups Water water for cooking the dal.
- 2 tbsp Cilantro chopped
- 1 strand Curry leaves
- ¼ cup Toor dal
- ½ tsp Hing
To Temper
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 2 tsp Ghee or Oil
Instructions
Prep-Work
- Wash and pressure cook the toor dal with water and turmeric powder. Once it’s cool down mash it well and set aside.
- Puree the water melon and extract about 1.5 cups of juice. Strain and filter the juice.
- Mix the tamarind paste with 1 cup of water and set aside. If you are using tamarind, soak a small gooseberry sized tamarind in water for half an hour and extract the juice.
Steps
- In heavy bottomed pan or vessel/patram, add the tamarind extract, rasam powder, pepper powder, salt, turmeric powder and hing. Mix well.
- Now heat this in medium flame and let it simmer.
- Once it starts to simmer, add the cilantro and curry leaves and let it simmer again.
- Now add the filtered water melon juice and let it simmer again.
- Then finally add the cooked and mashed toor dal and let it simmer.
- Once the froth forms, turn of the heat.
- In a separate tadka pan, add ghee.
- Once the ghee is hot, add the cumin seeds and mustard seeds.
- As they start to splutter, add it to the rasam.
- That’s it. Yummy watermelon rasam is ready. Serve hot with rice and poriyal.
Notes
- Instead of mashed toor dal, toor dal water can be used too.
- Also depending upon the sweetness of watermelon juice, adjust the rasam powder. If required add ½ tsp of chilly powder.
- Adjust the spices and salt according to your taste preference.
Nutrition
Calories: 51kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 814mg | Potassium: 143mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 906IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg