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Onion Rasam

Here is one of my archive pictures again. I am feeling tired after playing Runescape just now. It is one of my favorite games I love to play while I am on the net. However I have gotten in to playing other games too such as majong which is a matching tiles game and very relaxing and makes you think. There are a few merge games I enjoy a lot. I am plum tuckered out after doing a small load of laundry on my hands. By the way a lot of my clothes I can not put in the washer so I bought clothes drying racks and when I want to wash clothes I place them in the tub so the water can drip in there and this way the floor doesn’t get messed up. I bought mine from Amazon. The recipe now I am going to talk about is called onion rasam and the ingredients are easy to get from any Indian and Pakistani grocery store.

Go to my My Mixed Dal Rasam recipe to make the rasam masala from there which can be found in the 4th paragraph. Soak 1 cup of toor dal with 1 pinch of baking soda and 1 liter or 1 quart of water for 1 hour. In an instant pot or other multi functional cooker on sautè function for 5 minutes, add 3 tbs of either coconut oil or vegetable oil. Add 1 pinch each of hing, fenugreek seeds, cumin, mustard seeds, shai zeera (caraway seeds), 3 curry leaves and let seeds crackle.

Fry 1 onion or shallot that has been chopped. Cook this time until translucent. Do not let them get brown. Add 1 pinch each of turmeric powder, red chili powder, pink salt, turbidano sugar, tamarind, the rasam masala. Take the toor dal that has been soaking and rinse and add to the cooker with the masala. Add 2 tbs of either lemon or lime juice. In case if the cooker did not shut off all you have to do is press the cancel button to turn the cooker off. Add 1 quart or 1 liter of water. Stir and place the pressure cook lid on the cooker and make sure it is set to sealing position. Then select pressure cook for 20 minutes. Place steam diverter on there and let pressure escape naturally. You may also press the quick release button.

If the toor dal looked like it was a little hard then repeat and you are done. Nine out of ten you may not have to repeat but to be on the safe side just in case. Serve this with idli, dosa or even vada. You can even enjoy it with just plain basmati rice too.

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