MAVINAKAYI SAARU / RAW MANGO RASAM

Come summer and the first thing that comes to my mind is the king of fruits : Mango. I just love to feast on succulent, juicy mangoes. Even raw mango is integrated in many recipes. In this rasam,raw mango is used in place of tamarind. There are so many variations of this rasam. The one I have elucidated is my mom's recipe. Mavinakayi means raw mango in Kannada and saaru means rasam in Kannada.

 

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 INGREDIENTS FOR RASAM POWDER

TOOR DAL-  2 TSP

 PEPPERCORNS- 1/2 TSP

CUMIN SEEDS- 3/4 TSP 

OTHER INGREDIENTS

 RAW MANGO PUREE-  1/2 CUP

TOMATO- 1

TOOR DAL- 1 CUP

TURMERIC POWDER- 1/4 TSP

SALT TO TASTE

CHOPPED CORIANDER LEAVES

FOR SEASONING

GHEE- 3 TSP

MUSTARD - 1 TSP

CUMIN - 1 TSP

CURRY LEAVES- 2 SPRIGS

ASAFOETIDA- 1 TSP

PROCEDURE

1. Peel the skin and chop raw mango to pieces and boil it till it softens.

2. On cooling,grind the mango pieces to fine puree in a blender and keep it aside.

3. In a vessel add 2 cups of water and add chopped tomatoes in it. Mash the tomatoes well with hand or masher.

4. Add turmeric powder and saltto the water. Now boil till the tomatoes are cooked and raw smell evades compeletly.

5. Now add in the steamed toor dal,mango pulp and boil well.

6. Add the rasam powder and boil for a minute and switch off. You can even add the rasam powder you have stocked. But I feel the freshly prepared ones lends an intense flavour.

7. Prepare the seasoning and add it to the rasam. Add chopped coriander leaves to the rasam and serve.