Pacha Payaru Rasam (Green Moong Rasam)

Any one allergic to Toor dal? A similar situation at home. The husband feels Toor dal is not kind to him lately. But we like paruppu rasam from Toor dal. Hmm.. what gives now..  who wins? Rasam or allergy? With all the medicinal values of rasam and the comfort food that it is, hands down rasam it is. So I just went with my imagination and voila, meet the new born winner "Pacha payaru rasam", out of Whole green moong dal in place of the recent enemy Toor dal.

This is how I made it:

Pressure cook until well done: (Instant pot: steam more 6 mins, vent sealed, NPR)

- 3/4 cup of Whole green moong dal [the dal can be used to make thalicha payaru kulambu ]

- 6 cups of water [This is the water that we will use for the rasam]

- 1 tsp turmeric powder

- 2 tsp castor oil

- 2 garlic pods with peel

- 2 red chilli

Grind the below coarsely:

- 2 red chillies

- 2 green chilli

- 2 small pearl onion without peel (or 1 small slice of big red onion)

- 10 garlic pods with peel

- 1 tsp black pepper

- 2 tsp cumin seeds

Mix in a pan:

- Tamarind water out of 1 lemon size tamarind

- ground pepper mix

- Drained water from the cooked moong dal

- 1 tsp of mashed moongdal (optional, if you want more body to the rasam)

- Kosher salt 2 tsp (kal uppu) [any salt is fine though)

- Add extra water to your desired consistency

- Adjust salt to taste

- 2 springs of curry leaves

- 2 springs of cilantro

Finishing:

Bring to a boil the rasam mix just before serving.

Season rasam as below:

in gingely oil (nallennai), [any oil is fine though),

mustards seeds, urad dal, chana dal, hing, curry leaves, 1 red chilli. 

Taste:

It was a clear winner! Husband liked it very much. It was tastier than the regular rasam.

And the newfound allergy is allergic to moong, so all is well. 

Notes:

The payaru can be used to make thalicha pacha payaru. Just saute onions, and add mashed payaru. Add little tamarind water, salt and bring to a boil. It goes well with white rice. Heavenly I should say. I might have shared a recipe somewhere in this blog. off late the blog is a mess like many things around me. Poor blog.