Description
This is one dish not to be missed out on. Super easy to remember and you need not go hunting for the recipe each time you make it.
Ingredients
- Oil - 2 tsp (10 ml)
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Hing (asafoetida) - 1/4 tsp
- Ginger - 1 inch piece, fine chopped
- Green chillies - 1, slit (optional)
- Tomato - 1 medium
- Apples, slightly tart, cooking variety - 3 to 4
- Jaggery (gur) - 2 tsp (10 ml) or to taste
- Salt - to taste
- Rasam powder - 2 tsp (10 ml) or to taste
- Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
- Garnish - coriander leaves
Instructions
- Wash and chop tomatoes. Wash and peel apples. Dice them.
- Heat oil, add mustard, cumin, hing, let splutter. Add ginger, green chillies, sauté few seconds.
- Add tomatoes and let soften a bit. Add apples, mix and let start to soften.
- Add salt, jaggery, rasam powder, chilli powder. Cook till done.
- Garnish and serve hot!
Notes
- Skip rasam powder if not available but increase chilli powder in that case.
- This dish needs to be bit spicy, sweet and have a slight tang.
- If you want it more tart, you may sprinkle some lime juice in the end.
- Asafoetida is optional if not available but zing from ginger is a must!
- Use either homemade or store bought rasam powder.
- It is easily available in Indian stores.
- It is a blend of spices commonly used to make a South Indian traditional dish called ‘rasam’.
- Rasam is a spicy lentil based soup.
- Quantity of rasam powder to be added depends on how strong is the one you are using.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 110