Kollu rasam / Horsegram soup

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and salads
Kollu or horsegram is another new inclusion in our diet. I have heard th
at this gram helps you to reduce weight and also in elimination of bad cholester
ol.The outer portion of the gram is very hard and therefore it needs to be soake
d for more than eight hours and then pressure cooked. This can be used to make v
arious numbers of healthy dishes.You can even powder this and have a spoon of th
is in combination with cumin seeds powder to enjoy more health benefits. I will
surely come up with more recipes with this wonder gram. Till then enjoy the rasa
m or soup which is my second entry for the marathon.
kollu rasam/horsegram soup
Ingredients-
Horsegram/Kollu- 1/4 cup
Rasam powder- 2tsp
Tamarind pulp- 2tsp
Tomato- 1 chopped
Ginger- 1" chopped
Garlic- 1 clove
Dried red chillies- 3-4 nos
Turmeric powder- 1tsp
Sat to taste
Asafoetida- a pinch
Curry leaves- few leaves
Coriander leaves- For garnish
Method-
Soak the kollu/horsegram overnight in water. Drain and wash with water. Pres
sure cook till it turns soft. Grind the tomato, red chilies,ginger and garic(alo
ng with a teaspoon of cooked horsegram) to a paste.As I make rasam in eeya chemb
u(special utensil for making rasam), I mix everything together. So add the cooke
d gram, ground paste, tamarind pulp, curry leaves, turmeric powder, rasam powder
,salt and asafoetida. Mix well. Boil this mixture till it bubbles for around 10
minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice or just have as it it. Very soothing for sore throats.
Rasam Powder
Ingredients-
Coriander seeds/dhania seeds- 100g
Tuvar dal- 50g
Cumin seeds/jeera seeds- 25g
black pepper- 2tsps
Red chillies- 8 to 9 ( more if you can take the heat)
Curry leaves- few leaves(optional)
Method-
Dry roast all the ingredients together. Let it cool and grind the ingredients to
a coarse powder
Eeya Chombu Rasam Unique to TBs
I am starting a thread on the practice of Eeya Chombu Rasam
which is a very unique practice in TB households
In my own personal experience I have seen a marked different taste of the Ra
sam made in Eeya Chombu
AS a part of my professional work I had done a considerable amount of resear
ch on the toxicology and mode of action of various heavy metals and Lead is one
of them and have published a book chapter on that
(http://www.agriculture.frih.net/c21.pdf ) check page 22 for lead
I have found that lead indeed is a very toxic substance and my hypothesis is
that there is a connection with the behavior of TBs and lead vessal rasam
 Lead in very minute quantities like that which can be incorporated in our bo
dy by eating Eeya Chombu Rasam (in 10-20 PPZ) could actually be beneficial for t
he neurotransmitter activities of our brain
I would like to know the history of this method of Rasam preparation my TBs
here and also any new info they can share
.Eeya Chombu Rasam Unique to TB