Cherry Fruit Rasam

 Cherry Fruit Rasam

 Cherries are a nutrient-dense fruit packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. Rich in vitamin C and potassium, they help boost the immune system. Regular consumption offers several key health advantages. Yesterday in market I bought cherries along with fruits but it was bit sour. Inspired by Vidhya’s blog I thought of making cherry Rasam/ Soup Made by adding fresh cherry fruit puree and tomatoes to traditional rasam spices. It provides a unique citrus twist and is high in Vitamin. Already I made PineAppleRasam, Lemon Rasam, Jeera Rasam , (Amla Rasam-I didn’t post in blog)

Cherry Rasam is a unique, sweet, spicy, and tangy South Indian soup. It blends tomato with the natural sweetness of fresh cherries, rounded out with classic aromatic spices. It can be served as a hot appetizer or poured over steamed rice The natural sweetness from the fruits intensifies the flavor of the food.

 

Ingredients:

Fresh Cherry–-15chopped (5chopped pieces and 10 pieces for puree)

Tomato –Chopped  1 cup

Toor dal - 1 cup cooked

Turmeric-1/4tsp

Rasam powder – 2 tsp (roast 3 red chilies, 1 tsp peppercorns, 2 tbspn coriander seeds, 2 tsp cumin seeds and make a fine powder)

Green chilli-1

Salt – as per taste

Seasoning (Ghee 1 tsp, Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp, Jeera 1/2 tsp, Curry leaves few, Asafoetida 1/2 tsp)

Chopped coriander leaves for Garnishing

 

Method:

1.Wash the cherries and discard the stems. Pat them dry .

2.Cut five cherries into small pieces and grind the remaining ten cherries coarsely without adding any water.

3.Meanwhile pressure cook toor dal and puree the dal.

 

4.In a saucepan add the ground cherries, cut cherries, tomato , Ginger,Rasam powder, turmeric powder, salt, ground pepper, salt.

5.Add two cups of water and mix thoroughly.

 

6.Now bring this mix to a boil over medium heat. Now add the  dal,curry leaves, cilantro and remaining one cup of water. Mix well.

 

7.Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer the rasam until it becomes frothy on top. Then turn off the heat.

8.In a separate tempering pan, melt the ghee. When the ghee is hot, add Mustard seeds  &the cumin seeds and fry for few seconds.

9.Transfer this seasoning to the Rassam, and add chopped coriander leaves and cover with a lid and remove from flame. 

10.Finally, add two to three pitted cherries to garnish and serve hot

Quick, tasty sweet , sour &spicy Cherry rasam is ready!