How to Make Traditional Horse Gram Rasam at Home | Horse Gram Rasam Recipe

Learn how to make Traditional Horse Gram Rasam (Kollu Rasam) at home with this easy South Indian recipe. Made with cooked horse gram, tangy tamarind, ripe tomatoes, and a freshly roasted masala of coriander seeds, cumin, pepper, green chillies, curry leaves, and garlic, this rasam has a wonderful aroma and rich homemade flavor.

This traditional Horse Gram Rasam recipe is especially delicious with hot steamed rice and can be enjoyed as part of a wholesome South Indian meal. The freshly roasted spices give the rasam a unique taste that makes this recipe different from a regular rasam.

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How to Make Traditional Horse Gram Rasam at Home | Horse Gram Rasam Recipe

Ingredients

• Kollu / Horse Gram – 1/4 cup (50 g)
• Tamarind – 1 large lemon-sized piece
• Ripe Tomatoes – 2 large
• Rock Salt – as needed
• Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
• Jaggery Powder – 1 tsp (optional)
• Grated Coconut – 1 tbsp (optional)
• Coriander Leaves – as needed

For Tempering

• Oil – 1½ tbsp
• Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
• Asafoetida – 1 tsp
• Dried Red Chillies – 2

To Roast & Grind

• Coriander Seeds – 1½ tsp
• Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
• Pepper – ½ tsp
• Garlic Cloves with Skin – 6–7
• Green Chillies – 1–2
• Curry Leaves
• Coriander Leaves

METHOD:

1.Wash horse gram & this to pressure cooker & saute till nicely aromatic & colour changes.
2.Now add 2 cups water add needed salt for the horse gram close & cook for 10-12 whistles.
3.In between soak big lemon sized tamarind in water squeeze & filter.
4.To this add roughly chopped tomatoes & nicely mash with hands so that it mashes & imbibes with tamarind juice.
5.Keep a kadai add coriander,cumin& pepper saute till nicely aromatic now add some coriander & curry leaves,greenchillies & saute nicely.
6.Grind this mixture with water add garlic cloves with skin whisk 2-3 times take out & keep.
7.When pressure subsides open cooker when horse gram is cool grind with cooked water.
8.Now add this to tamarind-tomato mixture add more washed water then add the ground paste with more water.
9.Check for tanginess if needed dilute & keep.
10.To Make Tadka add oil, then mustard to splutter.
11.Then add dried red chillies,Asafoetida then pour the horse gram mixture to this.
12.Add turmeric powder then some jaggery powder.
13.Add salt & let it foam up you will see boil in the middle now you can add some coriander leaves & switch off.
14.Serve with hot rice & enjoy.

How to Make Traditional Horse Gram Rasam at Home |

Learn how to make Traditional Horse Gram Rasam (Kollu Rasam) at home with this easy South Indian recipe.

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Total Time 40 minutes mins

Servings: 5

Course: Lunch, Side Dish, Soup

Cuisine: SouthIndian

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

Kollu/Horse gram - 1/4 cup/50 gms

Water for cooking Kollu - 2 cups

Tamarind - one big lemon size

Ripened Tomato(big) - 2(roughly Chopped)

Rock salt

Turmeric Powder - 1 Tsp

Jaggery Powder - 1 Tsp(Optional)

Grated Coconut - 1 Tbsp(Optional)

Some Coriander Leaves

For Tadka:

Oil - 11/2 Tbsp

Mustard Seeds - 1 Tsp

Asafoetida - 1 Tsp

Dried Red Chillies - 2

To Roast & Grind:

Coriander Seeds - 11/2 Tsp

Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp

Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Red Chillies - 4

Garlic cloves with skin - 7-8

Some coriander & curry leaves

Green chillies - 1

Method

 

1. 1.Wash horse gram & this to pressure cooker & saute till nicely aromatic & colour changes.

   2.Now add 2 cups water add needed salt for the horse gram close & cook for 10-12 whistles.

   3.In between soak big lemon sized tamarind in water squeeze & filter.

   4.To this add roughly chopped tomatoes & nicely mash with hands so that it mashes & imbibes with tamarind juice.

   5.Keep a kadai add coriander,cumin& pepper saute till nicely aromatic now add some coriander & curry leaves,greenchillies & saute nicely.

   6.Grind this mixture with water add garlic cloves with skin whisk 2-3 times take out & keep.

   7.When pressure subsides open cooker when horse gram is cool grind with cooked water.

   8.Now add this to tamarind-tomato mixture add more washed water then add the ground paste with more water.

   9.Check for tanginess if needed dilute & keep.

   10.To Make Tadka add oil, then mustard to splutter.

   11.Then add dried red chillies,Asafoetida then pour the horse gram mixture to this.

   12.Add turmeric powder then some jaggery powder.

   12.Add salt & let it foam up you will see boil in the middle now you can add some coriander leaves & switch off.

   13.Serve with hot rice & enjoy.
   

Notes

• Roast the horse gram (kollu) until aromatic and slightly darker before pressure cooking.
• Pressure cook the kollu until it becomes very soft so it can be easily ground.
• Use ripe tomatoes for a naturally sweet and tangy rasam base.
• Adjust the tamarind according to its sourness; too much can overpower the roasted spices.
• Roast coriander seeds, cumin, and pepper on low to medium heat to avoid burning.
• Adding garlic with the skin while grinding gives the rasam a deeper aroma and flavor.