Meatless Monday Love Apple Tree Saaru ( Love Apple Tree Soup)

Tomato saaru is ubiquitous inward Southern India. Any repast is incomplete if at that spot is no saaru or rasam. There are several methods to making this; amongst cooked dal(Pegion-peas lentil), amongst rasam powder( a spice mix amongst powdered lentil inward it used for this soup). My favorite though is this unproblematic humble saaru that my woman nurture together with my mother in law makes. There is no grinding involved, no cooked lentils to hold upwards added, no rasam pulverization added. tin hold upwards made anytime, anywhere.For this detail recipe, I similar the means my mother in law makes it. Tangy, flavorful saaru; comfort nutrient for me. Every fourth dimension she visits us, I specifically asking her to brand this for us. This is her recipe.

Servings: 4-6 ( i loving cup per person)

Ingredients:

Tomatoes: ii cherry ripe tomatoes
Water: i liter
Green chillies: 3-4, slit ( conform based on your spice score together with that of the chillies beingness used)
Jagger or dark-brown sugar: i tsp
Salt: equally needed.
Tamarind: marble sized if using dried, 1/4 tsp if using pulp.

For tempering:
Coconut oil/ghee: 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Jeera( cumin seeds): 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves: i sprig

For garnishing:( optional)

Cilantro: i tbsp , chopped.

Method:

Boil whole tomatoes inward i liter H2O inward a pot until the tomatoes are half-cooked.

Remove the tomatoes out, peel it. ( Be careful equally it volition hold upwards really hot! ) You could role a fork together with knife to peel it or immerse inward mutual depression temperature H2O to gear upwards it downwards a little.Now using your hands or a white patato masher, crush it inward a bowl.

Add the mashed tomatoes dorsum to the pot amongst slit greenish chillies, salt, tamarind together with jaggery. Boil it until the H2O reduces to 3/4th the amount you lot started with.

Turn off the flame.

Tempering:

Heat oil/ ghee inward a small-scale pan. Add the cumin seeds together with and so the mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter, plow off the flaming together with add together the curry leaves.

Add this to the pot above.

Garnish amongst freshly chopped cilantro.

Serve it amongst hot steamed rice or simply drinkable it inward a cup!

Enjoy!

Cooking brand easy:

If you lot don't accept the fourth dimension for the boiling, peeling together with mashing of the tomatoes, you lot could skip this pace exclusively together with simply add together chopped tomatoes to start with. Add all the other ingredients amongst the tomatoes except those listed nether tempering together with garnishing. The residue of the procedure remains the same. I must caution you lot that this is exactly the divergence betwixt my mother's together with my mother-in-law's method of making saaru together with similar I accept stated earlier, I notice my mother-in-laws saaru to a greater extent than tasty.

This could besides hold upwards made using Lycopersicon esculentum purée or Lycopersicon esculentum paste. But zilch beats the flavour of fresh tomatoes!

Tip for salubrious living:

Tomatoes are non only bursting amongst flavor, they are a keen rootage of Lycopene which is known to accept immense antioxidant properties.They are supposed to hold upwards keen anti-inflammatory agents.

Tomatoes belong to the night-shade solid unit of measurement together with thus people amongst arthritis should avoid eating tomatoes equally they are known to aggravate articulation pain.

References:

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/health-properties-tomatoes

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/273031.php

http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/fresh-ideas/healthy-dinners/5-hidden-health-benefits-of-tomatoes.htm

Food for thought:

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