Tomato and Beetroot Rasam

Tomato and Beetroot Rasam, healthy and nutritious rasam recipe with the goodness of tomatoes and beetroot, spiced with curry leaves, black pepper and cumin powder.

An easy and quick Rasam Recipe without Dal and Rasam Powder.

Today I am here with the recipe for tomato beetroot rasam, made without any rasam powder or toor dal( split pigeon pea lentils), a no-onion , no-garlic recipe for evenings when there is nip in the air. Very comforting for those suffering from fever, cold and cough.

What is Rasam

Rasam is a thin consistency soup with tomatoes(mainly) flavoured with tamarind , curry leaves and spices like cumin seeds, mustard, black pepper along with dry whole red chillies. The ingredients vary as per one's preference.

Spicy hot rasam is a comforting treat, for chilly evenings or when one is suffering from cold and cough. Being from North India, I won't say that I grew up having rasam. It was something we relished whenever we went to any South Indian Restaurant.

I make it for family once in a while. They like Tomato Rasam and I never really played with flavors of rasam until I made this Apple rasam. Now, once in a while I add beetroot or carrot to tomato rasam.

Tomato and Beetroot Rasam

Beetroots are rich source of iron, antioxidant and must be included in diet. It is good especially for kids. Most of kids do not like to have beetroot in raw form. There are so many ways in which we include it in our diet. Chop it very finely and add to salads with cucumber(like in Kuchumber Salad), use beetroot puree in soups, raita, buttermilk, parantha and even making breads and muffins. Check my Whole Wheat Beetroot Sliders or Burger Buns.

Rasam, as I mentioned above is a thin soup with Indian Spices. It is commonly had with rice in South Indian homes. But we like to have it as soup. I had some idli leftover from lunch, made chilli idli for kid and relished the warm and comforting rasam with it and poppadum.

What we need for making Tomato Beetroot Rasam

Making Tomato Beetroot rasam is very easy. I use beetroot puree and tomato puree to make it. Many people like to keep it chunky too but we like it without any chunks of beetroot or tomato skins. Adding garlic and onion is optional. I add garlic in winters this time I skipped adding it.

You can use store-bought rasam powder, but in case your do not have it no worries. Follow the steps in recipe, you will have all the rich flavors of Rasam Powder. Spices like Cumin Seeds, Coriander Seeds and Black Pepper along with ginger and garlic are used to flavour Rasam.

Roast coriander and cumin seeds to get the aroma and do not forget to add fresh curry leaves for the flavor. I have added freshly ground black peppers to rasam, you can roast it with cumin and coriander seeds and grind together.

Spice level in rasam can be adjusted as per one's preference. I do not add green chilli while pureeing beetroot and tomatoes or red chilli while making the dry masala, but you can add any as per your preference.

Desi Ghee adds a lot of flavor to it. For Vegan version skip ghee and add oil.

Avoid Hing/Asafetida for Gluten-free version.

Let's see how I make this comforting and nutritious Tomato and Beetroot Rasam.

Do try this delicious Beetroot Rasam Recipe, you will love to have it on cold chilly evening.

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