Name: Hot and Sour Rasam Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt, or to taste; 45 g tamarind pulp (from a block) or 1-2 tsp tamarind concentrate paste; 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander, including stalks; 2 heaped tsp rasam powder; 2 medium-size tomatoes, quartered; 1 tsp brown or black mustard seeds; 1 litre boiling water; 1 tbsp vegetable or rapeseed oil; 200 ml boiling water; 10 curry leaves; 6 button mushrooms, halved (optional); ½ fresh lime, juiced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Chilli & Mint

By Torie True

Published 2021

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Rasam soup comes from the southern states of India and a steaming bowl of it is both nourishing and heart-warming. The name means ‘juice’ and as such this soup is meant to be very watery. The rasam powder takes minutes to make and then you have a small batch ready for whenever you feel like a pick-me-up. I love a bowl of this zingy hot soup when I need an inner body boost as it really warms you up from the inside, especially when it rains. For me, a luncht

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