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Tomato Juice Rasam Recipe, Easy Rasam Recipes

April 16, 2016 34 Comments

Tomato juice rasam recipe, a simple juice rasam recipe using tomatoes without tamarind.

tomato juice rasam recipe, easy juice rasam recipe

My MIL is a fabulous cook and she has what seems like an unlimited supply of rasam recipes that she can make on request or whim. What I particularly find fascinating with her cooking is, all her dishes are super quick and easy ones. They are simple, mostly with only 5-6 ingredients and get done in less than half an hour each, at the most. In fact, when I visit my in laws, most of MIL’s cooking is done by the time I wake up (which I should admit is not very early!) and usually there’s some type ofΒ rasam boiling in the eeya chombu, a unique tamil brahminΒ practiceΒ of making rasam in pots that are alloys of many metals including lead. Although there are many schools of thought regarding the harmful effects of lead in food, she continues to use it for rasam. The taste difference is said to be significant if you don’t use an eeya chombu for your rasam!

One of my favourites of all the rasam recipes she had shared with me over the years is thisΒ juice rasam or tomato juice rasam recipe. It uses no tamarind, and since my FIL’s mom doesn’t take onion or garlic, this version doesn’t contain garlic either. So that makes this a very tasty and easy recipe that can either be taken like soup, or poured on steaming white rice for a nice and hearty lunch.

tomato juice rasam recipe
Black granite kitchen top in my MIL’s kitchen works so well for food photos!
Tomato Juice Rasam Recipe
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
30 mins
 
Tomato juice rasam recipe or simply juice rasam is a flavourful tomato rasam recipe from Tamil Nadu that uses no tamarind. Perfect to serve as hot soup or poured over rice.
Author: nags
Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: South Indian
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 5-6 ripe tomatoes
  • ½ cup cooked, mashed toor dal (about ¼ cup uncooked)
  • 1 heaping teaspoon rasam powder
  • A generous pinch of hing / asafoetida / perungaayam
  • A pinch of turmeric
  • ½ tsp jeera / cumin seeds pounded in a pestle and mortar or coarsely ground in a spice grinder
  • ¼ tsp freshly cracked black pepper
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Pressure cook the toor dal with enough water until soft and mushy. Mash further with a potato masher to remove any lumps. Set aside.
  2. Chop the tomatoes in small pieces, place in the pan, and add enough water to cover it by an inch.
  3. Add turmeric, sambar powder, hing, and salt and boil for about 15-20 mins until the tomatoes turn soft.
  4. Then, take out the chunky pieces and blend to a smooth paste and return it to the rest of the cooked tomato mixture along with the dal.
  5. Add about 1 to 2 cups more water until rasam reaches the right consistency (not too watery but more soup-like).
  6. Add pepper and cumin powder, bring to boil, and remove from heat.
  7. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves (or you can add curry leaves when you add dal).
  8. Note that my MIL does not temper this rasam but if you'd like to, heat some ghee / oil in a small pan, add mustard seeds and they pop, dunk into the rasam at the final stage.
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tomato juice rasam recipe, easy juice rasam recipe
I must add this memory I have associated with the pictures of the tomato juice rasam above. This was made by Amma when I was visiting them this June. I was complaining about the lack of a good spot to take the final pics (the light in the kitchen was bad by afternoon). The balconies had harsh direct sunlight and I explained to Appa (my father-in-law) that that was not ideal. He immediately went and got a sheer white cloth and held it up beside the small table in the bedroom balcony while I clicked a few pictures. Thanks for the support Appa, otherwise this juice rasam recipe would’ve never shown up here on Edible Garden πŸ™‚
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  1. Suba Shiva

    August 7, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    the rasam was really as gud as my mother wud make.. i prepare daily rasam for my one and half yr old son.. u know sometimes things we do daily will just fade away its true nature.. and my rasam wasnt tasting as gud as it wud actually be.. for a change i saw this recipe and prepared and it came out awesome and my son just drank as it is.. thanks and keep going..

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  2. G

    December 20, 2011 at 10:24 am

    Tried this and it turned out super tasty πŸ™‚

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  3. Anu Nandu

    August 24, 2011 at 3:36 am

    My mom has a story of how she was careless when she was young and burnt down an eeya sombu with rasam! never mind the old story – this picture is just amazingly attractive – I can't take my eyes off the rasam cups. PrettYYY

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  4. Shoba Shrinivasan

    August 23, 2011 at 3:21 am

    HI Nags.

    been a long time since i hopped in…my mom makes the same rasam…only she lets it boil and reduce and there is no pureeing!!! I love cooking in the eeya chombu but I burnt it once over the stove top and TH has forbade it anymore!!! πŸ™ Love the colours of the rasam!

    Shobha

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  5. Ruchira

    August 17, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    You won't believe, I was talking to this very close friend of mine (in New York now & she is Telugu) and she was making Rasam. I asked her how she made it as I wanted to make it too. And that same day I saw your recipe!!!

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  6. Sukhesh

    August 17, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    I love Rasam (No I don't cook :)) for it reminds me of the hostel days wherein they used to serve it on alternate days πŸ™‚

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  7. Kalyani

    August 17, 2011 at 5:59 am

    ooh ! that looks soooo tasty and comforting… evem I prefer Rasam without Tamarind !! πŸ™‚ first time here, although eons have been dedicated to your food photography skills and your recipes.. Just dropped in and loved your space .. happy to follow you too πŸ™‚

    Cheers
    Kalyani
    New Event: Fasting Foods – Vrat ka Khaana Special
    Event: healthy Lunchbox ideas – Carrots – all this August

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  8. Madhavi

    August 16, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Delicious Tomato juice rasam..yumm!!!

    http://vegetarianmedley.blogspot.com/

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  9. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

    August 16, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    wow, that sounds interesting and delicious πŸ™‚

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  10. Anonymous

    August 16, 2011 at 10:38 am

    very nice blog and informative.

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  11. Anonymous

    August 16, 2011 at 8:20 am

    Lovely!:-) We make it at home, but my mother adds the tomatoes to the dal and cooks it with the dal and mashes everything together and then adds the powders and coriander leaves. I sometimes make a puree of the tomatoes and mix to the mashed dal and boil together with the powders etc. We too avoid tempering, but sometimes add coriander leaves just before serving after tempering too! ~Shreya

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  12. Subha

    August 16, 2011 at 7:46 am

    Oh, it looks so tasty. The words "super quick", "5-6 ingredients" and "less than half an hour" jumped out to me. I'm so sad that I'm unable to read tamil. Is there no way I can decipher your MIL's recipes using some sort of software? If you have any suggestions, do tell!

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  13. Zareena

    August 16, 2011 at 5:16 am

    Loved the pics. Rasam is a must in my house too. My little one likes it so much, that she wants it daily with rice.

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  14. Eat & Burpp

    August 16, 2011 at 5:02 am

    lovely recipe & lovely fotos (by Appa's grace πŸ™‚ )…you should have also clicked one foto of Eeya Chombu…would have loved to see how it is!! πŸ™‚

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  15. Sharmilee! :)

    August 16, 2011 at 5:17 am

    Looks flavourful and tempting

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  16. Magpie

    August 15, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    That looks delicious! I love rasam but haven't made it in a while. Love the pictures and totally agree, that granite counter top is a gorgeous bg!

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  17. Harini

    August 15, 2011 at 3:51 pm

    I certainly love the rasam made in 'eeya chombu' (we call it 'seesam chombu'). The rasam gets a unique taste but the disadvantage is it gets damaged if over heated.

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  18. Krithi's Kitchen

    August 15, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    Lovely click Nags!! Making with the traditional utensil indeed gives a unique flavor!
    http://krithiskitchen.blogspot.com/

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  19. AnderBeth

    August 15, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    yum!

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  20. Pavithra

    August 15, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Wonderful rasam and nice got to see ur MIL blog.. its awesome nags πŸ™‚

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  21. Premalatha Aravindhan

    August 15, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    wow this is amazing recipe…Luks delicious,Pass a Rasam cup Nags:)

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  22. Hyma

    August 15, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    Hi…I hv been following your blog and it is truly inspiring! BTW, jus fyi, abt the "eeya chombu". My MIL makes the rasam and then pours it into the eeya chombu …that way you don't end up boiling the rasam in that vessel. Sometimes, over boiling in the "eeya chombu" spoils the rasam/any food, and cld cause food poisoning!

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  23. Divya Kudua

    August 15, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    I follow a very similar recipe for my instant-version of Rasam.Perfect with steaming white rice and some Urulai roast!

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  24. DEESHA

    August 15, 2011 at 11:23 am

    This is how we make rasam too but in Kannada households we don't use Eeya Chombu .. I am dying to see what it looks like .. A picture please πŸ™‚

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  25. SR

    August 15, 2011 at 11:14 am

    nice pictures and good write up. Thanks for my blog promo!! appa also!!

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  26. Ramya

    August 15, 2011 at 10:14 am

    Loved the click on the Granite Kitchen top Nags:-)
    Thatz a super simple Rasam recipe..Even my mom is a genius at cooking simple n fast yet yummy dishes..

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  27. notyet100

    August 15, 2011 at 10:02 am

    Wish I could taste this,perfect licks πŸ™‚

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  28. jeyashrisuresh

    August 15, 2011 at 7:49 am

    i never make rasam without eiya chombhu. What a unique flavour it gives.nice write up and perfect rasam for the weather today

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  29. Hb

    August 15, 2011 at 7:41 am

    Telling mom about this recipe NOW!First picture looks really nice πŸ™‚

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  30. The Mad Jammer

    August 15, 2011 at 7:35 am

    This is an 'always there' rasam in my household. We dont temper as well. Real nice pics πŸ™‚

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  31. Anonymous

    August 15, 2011 at 7:35 am

    Hi, Lovely post. Just one correction: Eeya Chombu does not contain ANY lead whatsoever. It is just a play on the name. It is mostly tin with other ordinary metals. I cheacked with the people who make eeya chombu and that is my source. πŸ™‚

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  32. Akila

    August 15, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    yummy yummy rasam….

    Dish Name Starts with J
    Learning-to-cook
    Regards,
    Akila

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  33. RAKS KITCHEN

    August 15, 2011 at 9:26 am

    Rasam pic look so tempting and thats so sweet of ur FIL πŸ™‚ I wish I have a cup from those now with hot rice now!!

    Reply
  34. Nags

    August 15, 2011 at 7:36 am

    Interesting. So Eeya Chombu has no lead. Hmm…

    Reply

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