Carrot Saaru | Carrot Rasam | Rasam Recipes
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4 people
 
Mild, sweet and piping hot carrot saaru or rasam, a great accompaniment with steamed rice
Ingredients
  • 2 medium sized or 1 Cup sliced carrots
  • ½ Tsp jeera
  • 10-12 black pepper
  • ½ Cup cooked toor dal
  • ½ Tsp rasam powder
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ Tsp turmeric
  • ½ Tbsp jaggery
  • 1 Tsp tamarind paste or 2 Tbsp tamarind pulp
For Tadka:
  • ½ Tbsp ghee
  • 1 Tsp saasuve/mustard
  • A pinch of ingu/hing/asafoetida
  • Few curry leaves/karibevu
  • 1 broken red chilli
Method
  1. Slice 2 medium carrots, boil till soft and keep aside
  2. Blend to a paste/puree after it cools
  3. Lightly roast ½ Tsp jeera, 10-12 black pepper
  4. Pound to a powder in mortar-pestle
  5. Boil and mash dal, keep aside
  6. Add pureed carrot, roasted jeera-pepper powder to mashed dal
  7. Add salt, rasam powder, turmeric, jaggery and tamarind
  8. Pour little water to adjust consistency
  9. Bring to a boil
  10. Make vaggarne with ghee, mustard, hing, curry leaves and broken red chilli
  11. Pour over saaru and garnish with coriander
  12. Serve hot with steamed rice
Notes
You can skip adding jaggery if you want as carrots have sweetness

Add more rasam powder if you want more heat and aroma

Boil well for an aromatic and well seasoned saaru
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/carrot-saaru/