Everything you look for in a good rasam comes together in this Pineapple Rasam recipe. It is sweet, sour and spicy and is perfect to drink as a soup or to eat with rice.
For the month-long Blogging Marathon, I am blogging about a few of my favorite foods from classic South Indian (Tamil) weddings. Pineapple rasam is one such recipe that is often made for the wedding menu.
This pineapple rasam is mostly made for dinner on the reception day. Everything you look for in a good rasam comes together in this Pineapple Rasam recipe. It is sweet, sour and spicy and is perfect to drink as a soup or to eat with rice.
Love to eat this delicious pineapple rasam with fried potato curry and appalam (papad). This rasam is one of my father’s favorite ones and I asked my mother to make it for us now that she is here with us for a few days.
Ingredients to make Pineapple Rasam
- Tomato – 2 small or 1 large (chopped)
- Pineapple – ½ cup (chopped fine with juice)
- Cooked toor dal/Thuvaram paruppu – ½ cup
- Lime or lemon – juice of 1
- Green chilies – 4
- Asafetida – ¼ tsp
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Cilantro – few
- Ghee – 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Procedure
- Boil the tomatoes and green chilies in about 2 cups of water. Also add the turmeric powder, asafetida and salt to this water and let it boil well (about 12 mins).
- Pressure cook the toor dal until mushy and then dilute it with about 4 cups of water. Once the rasam reduces to about half its quantity, add the diluted paruppu (dal) water to it.
- Now add the chopped pineapple with its juice to the rasam and let it simmer.
- Once the rasam starts to froth up, add the juice of one lime or lemon and garnish with cilantro.
- Fry the mustard seeds in about a tsp of ghee and add it to the pineapple rasam.
- Serve pineapple rasam hot with rice or slurp as soup!
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Pineapple Rasam | Spicy Indian style Pineapple Soup
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 Small Tomato (Or 1 Large) Chopped
- ½ cup Pineapple Chopped fine with juice
- ½ cup Cooked toor dal/Thuvaram paruppu
- 1 Lime or lemon Juice of 1
- 4 Green chilies
- ¼ tsp Asafetida
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- To taste Salt
- Few Cilantro
- 1 tsp Ghee
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
Instructions
- Boil the tomatoes and green chilies in about 2 cups of water. Also add the turmeric powder, asafetida, and salt to this water and let it boil well (about 12 mins).
- Pressure cook the toor dal until mushy and then dilute it with about 4 cups of water. Once the rasam reduces to about half its quantity, add the diluted paruppu (dal) water to it.
- Now add the chopped pineapple with its juice to the rasam and let it simmer.
- Once the rasam starts to froth up, add the juice of one lime or lemon and garnish with cilantro.
- Fry the mustard seeds in about a tsp of ghee and add it to the rasam.
- Serve hot with rice or slurp as soup!
Huntington Beach Mom says
What is asafetida? Looks delish! I love your website! Found you looking up mangos! I am American and want to learn to cook Indian food! ?
Suma Gandlur says
Love this tangy rasam.
megha singhal says
Never knew pineapple is also used in rasam. Thanks for sharing this tempting recipe
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Saraswathi Tharagaram says
Delectable rasam, Love the taste and flavor of this rasam
Manju says
I have heard about this delicious rasam but haven't tried yet. Good one.
Savitha Ganesan says
Pineapple rasam looks so yumm.
Pallavi Purani says
I have had this once and fell in love with the tomato and pineapple combination. Wonderful treat this one is.
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi says
Love the flavor of pineapple in rasam!
Asiya Omar says
LOOKS YUMM..
Pavani N says
Never pineapple rasam, it definitely sounds sweet and delicious.
divya says
looks absolutely smashing!! 🙂
The Pumpkin Farm says
i had forgotten about this, i had bookmarked this loong back, will definitely try now
Priya Suresh says
Love thiss flavourful rasam, been ages i had them.
Gujarati Zaika says
love this rasam
vaishali sabnani says
I have yet to try these fruity rasams...they do sound interesting.
Rita Bose says
Wow! Pineapple rasam sounds lovely! Will try it out! 🙂
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Sona - Quick Picks says
feel like having a sip right now!
Corporate to Kitchen says
Thats such a fusion rasam. I love the flavours used.
Chef Mireille says
I tried a pineapple rasam recipe last year and loved it so much. is now one of my faves and I make it semi-regularly
Srivalli says
Very nice, I have heard so much about this rasam being served in such occasions..must have tasted great..