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Monday, July 5, 2010

Kalyana sathumudhu (Kalyana rasam)


The Sathumudhu(Rasam) made in Iyengar marriages have a distinct and exotic taste. This recipe was sent by a friend of mine(Parthasarathy), which he has tasted in Thennangur temple and I felt that this tasted like the kalyana sattumudhu. The original recipe was to dry roast the ingredients. I tried 2 varieties, one dry roasting the ingredients and the other frying the ingredients in oil except jeera. I felt that the method which I fried in oil was more flavourfulllll and it tasted like the kalyana sathumudhu. Thanks Mr. Parthasarathy for the recipe.


INGREDIENTS:

Tamarind - 1/2 the size of a lemon
Tomato - 1 (big)
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Salt - to taste
Hing - a generous pinch
Cooked and mashed toor dhal - 2 tablespoons
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp.

Ghee - 1 tsp.
Coriander leaves - to garnish

To powder:

Toor dhal - 1 tablespoon
Dhaniya - 1 tablespoon
Pepper - 1/4 tablespoon
Cumin seeds/Jeera - 1/2 tablespoon
Dry red chillies - 3 or 4
Oil - 1/2 tsp.

METHOD:

Heat oil and fry all the ingredients (except jeera).

Pound in a mixie to a bit coarse powder.

Boil tamarind juice and tomatoes cut to small cubes along with curry leaves, hing and salt. Add pressure cooked & mashed toor dhal. Finally add 2 tablespoons of this powder. When you smell a good aroma add 3 cups of water and boil till frothy. Season with mustard seeds and garnish with coriander leaves.

36 comments :

  1. very tempting ...wish to have with hot rice

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  2. Hot rasam..tempting and really awesome.

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  3. flavourful and so easy as well...

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  4. Nice simple rasam recipe...

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  5. The color is so rich and golden. The name itself suggests that it is made for marriages. Yum yum

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  6. Yaarukku Kalyanam? I agree with you - I'm sure they taste better when fried in oil before being ground.

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  7. Hmmmmmmmmmmm! yum yum kalyana sathmudu very tempting.

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  8. Mmmmmmmm yummy rasam comforting one for all day!!!

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  9. Simply superb, looks tempting..

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  10. Nice Rasam...Love the rasam...S..s...One of my friend's mother prepares the rasam and name it sathumudu....

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  11. I am fond of kalyana rasam. Looks so tempting.

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  12. very tempting n delicious looking rasam ....thanks for sharing

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  13. the kalyana rasam looks yum and delicious and tempting.

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  14. Wowwww looks so good and interesting. That name is so new to me and I love the sound of it. Gonna call rasam sadam as sathumudhu from now on :)

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  15. nice rasam.. thanks for the recipe..

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  16. I love the rasam served in marriages in the South. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  17. I love all your recipes and they are absolute awesome authentic brahmin recipes I tried out few of your recipes and would love to try the rest.I have also asked my friends to try all ur recipes and gave the name of your blog way to go maami thank you for your wonderful recipes dont stop doing the good work three cheers to you.

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  18. Sounds great,looks so comforting!

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  19. the name itself interesting really delicious one

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  20. Made this Rasam s.day ...Wow enjoyed it ... Thanks for sharing this recipe ...

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  21. Hi Shanthiji, I love the wedding preparations and the rasam looks really simple to try. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. Hello Shanthiji,

    Love the name of the rasam...Always kalyana rasams have an authentic different taste...YUmmy...I am bookmarking ths to try it out tomorrow...

    Shobha

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  23. AWESOME rasam!! :) The pic looks inviting :)

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  24. Just prepared the Kalyana Sattummudu for my wife. It came out excellent. Thanks for the recipe.

    Cheers
    Srinivasan

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  25. Thanks for the recipe maami !

    Sriram

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  26. Hello, thanks for this recipe, I tried the fry in oil method. Reminds me of "Mysore rasam" ... I added a tiny piece of vellam also.

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  27. Rasam ....any time..love to try the Iyengar variant!

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  28. Wow.. Nice Blog... !! It's very useful for every one.Thanks for sharing interesting post South Indian Restaurant in Chennai

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