Flavorful Rasam Powder

5 from 1 vote

Delicious Homemade Rasam powder made with fresh spices roasted to perfection.

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Course: spices and condiments

Cuisine: Tamil Nadu

Diet: Vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 34kcal

Heat a pan and fry both the paruppu first until they are golden brown. Make sure you keep stirring them and fry them in low to medium heat. Transfer to a bowl.
In the same pan, fry the coriander seeds until aromatic and light brown. Transfer it to the bowl with the lentils.
Next fry the black pepper until they start to crackle and become aromatic. Now add the cumin seeds along with the pepper and fry until the cumin seeds turn brown and aromatic. Transfer them to the bowl.
Now fry the turmeric powder and asafetida for few seconds. Transfer them to the bowl.
Next fry the fenugreek seeds until they are aromatic and golden brown. This goes into the bowl as well.
At last add a drop of oil and fry the red chilies until they are evenly fried. Transfer this to the bowl as well.
If using curry leaves, place them in a single layer in a microwave safe plate and microwave in intervals for couple of minutes until they are crumbly. Transfer this to the bowl with the rest of the ingredients. I did not use curry leaves.
Let the ingredients cool down to room temperature and then grind them together in the blender to a powder. I didn’t grind it too smooth and left it a little coarse as attai told me. You can grind it smooth is preferred.
Let it cool down for few more minutes after grinding and then store it in an air tight container. This yielded me about 2 cups of rasam powder.