Horse gram Rasam (Soup)/Kollu Rasam Recipe without Rasam Powder:

Rasam is always our family favorite. I usually prepare the Mango Rasam or Mangalore Rasam once a week surely. My grandma used to prepare the Kollu (Horsegram) Rasam in my childhood days. I thought I would not get this horsegram in Singapore. But when I went to the Mustafa shopping centre, I found this and started using to make rasam. These were also called as Galath, kulath, kulthi, Gahat, Kulith or Huruli Saaru. The Health Benefits of Horsegram or Kollu is more. It helps in weightloss, good for diabetics, reduces menstruation problems, and high in proteins, vitamin C and Iron. 

You can also check other kollu recipes below
Kollu sundal
Kollu thuvayal

Horsegram Rasam / Kollu Rasam / Kulith Rasam

Ingredients

• Horsegram – 1 cup
• Water – 2.5 cups to pressure cook
• Garlic – 3 pods
• Pepper – 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 3/4 tsp (1/2 for crushing and 1/4 for frying)
• Tamarind – 1 gooseberry/amla size
• Oil – 1 tsp
• Black gram – 1/4 tsp
• Red chillies – 2 (crushed)
• Curry leaves – few for frying and few fresh leaves to add later
• Asafoetida – 2 pinch
• Turmeric powder – 2 pinch
• Salt – as per taste
• Water – 5 cups
• Coriander leaves – few

Method
1. Horsegram / kollu is bit a hard gram. So we need to soak it overnight for good resuts. If cannot, soak in hotwater for 4 hrs, changing hot water om every hour.

2. Discard the drained water and add fresh water and pressure cook it for 4 whistles. If you can able to smash it, by pressing it hard, then it is cooked perfectly.

3. Now drain this water and keep the drained horsegram separately and water separately. We are going to use this water for our rasam and the horsegram we are going to do horsegram sundal in the next post.

4. Crush the garlic, cumin seeds and black pepper nicely and keep it ready.

5. Soak the tamarind with 2 cups of water and extract the tamarind pulp and keep it ready.
6. In a vessel, add the oil and when hot, add the cumin seeds, black gram, crushed red chillies and curry leaves and fry for a while.

7. To this add the crushed the garlic, cumin and pepper and fry. Add the chopped tomatoes and saute well.

8. When the tomatoes are cooked, add the tamarind pulp. Add the required salt, asafoetida, turmeric powder.

9. Add some more water to it and add some more fresh curry leaves and bring it to boil. Dont allow to boil for more time. (1 – 2 mim should be ok).

10. Add fresh coriander leaves. Switch off the stove and serve it with plain rice and any papad or vadavam.

11. After finishing, I had this rasam in a tumbler and drunk as it is. I just love it.

Notes:
1. If you want you can add the rasam powder, while adding the turmeric and prepare. Then You can reduce the red chilli and the pepper.
2. If you like, you can take 3 tsp of cooked horsegram and grind to a fine paste and add it to the rasam. (its purely optional).

You can also check other Rasam Recipes below

1. Rasam Powder
2. Mango Rasam
3. Jackfruit Rasam
4. Paruppu Rasam / Dal Rasam
5. Pineapple Rasam
6. Mangalore Rasam