Thursday, June 08, 2006

Rasam with coconut water

Yes thenga vellam.. When I buy fresh thenga(coconut) I always save the thenga vellam( coconut water) inside. I drink a bit for the nostalgia, the rest get converted to Coconut water rasam.

Water from 1 coconut: ( usually abt 1 cup)
Toovar dhal:1/4 cup
tamarind extract: 1 tspn
tomatoes:2 quartered
garlic cloves:2 crushed
peppercorns:10 crushed
asafoetida powder:1/4 t spn
turmeric powder: 1/2 t spn

oil:1 tbls spn
mustard: 1/2 t spn
dried red chilli:2, broken in to 1/2 inch pieces
coriander leaves: few fro garnish

Clean and wash dal and cook it in 2 cups of water, tillv ery soft. Add the cocony water, crushed garlic, pepper, asafoetida, turmeric and heat. Don't boil.Take it off from fire, before it boils
Do the tadka,heat oil add mustard, then the dried chillies, pour over the rasam and garnish with coriander leaves

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

really? need to try that? should it be karikku vellam?

also, do u know how to make vinegar from thenga vellam? i had it written down somewhere but cant find it now.

Scoot said...

looks like it's rasam festival in here :)
good collection of recipes for me

archana said...

Thank you for posting this recipe, never even heard of it before.

RP said...

Never heard of it before. Sounds interesting. I like drinking tender coconut water too.

Sumitha said...

This is an innovative rasam!

Vineela said...

HI,
oh rasam with coconut water.
I HAVE TRY THIS RASAM,IC.
vineela

Sarah said...

Lg: I don't know how to make the proper vinegar( that requires acetification). At home, Ammachi would sieve the coconut water in to a bottle with screw top and add 2 tbl spn sugar, close it and keep for 3 days.. and use that for Pal appam.. U know how karangified we were all after eating her appam???
Sada thenga vellam is enough for this rasam
Maya: what is life without rasam?

Archant: You are welcome

Rp: during summer I would be eyeing the neighbour's coconut tree..

Sumitha: It isn't I had this as a child

Vineela: do try and let me know

പാവം പയ്യന്‍ said...

immi,rasam is rasam when it is rasam,dont do anything to it.we are humans,not guini pigs.i have my mother make the tastiest rasam.so spare it