Kollu Rasam is a nutritious & healthy South Indian soup made by cooking Kollu with tamarind extract, tempered onion, tomato, spices & herbs. Kollu Rasam is subtle and a very good alternate to the regular rasam. Kollu Rasam Recipe is easy & quick to make and explained in this post with step by step pictures. Kollu slows ageing, controls sugar levels, promotes weight loss & more.
I have heard and read a lot about the health benefits of kollu(horsegram) so decided to include it our menu too. I got the rasam recipe from my colleague then got horsegram and totally forgot about it for almost 3 months…I am forgetting so many things easily these days…symptoms of getting old I guess. And once when I was cleaning the pantry , saw the pack and decided to make rasam the same day. It was so flavourful and a comforting combo with hot rice.
I love the taste of kollu by itself but I made sundal with the remaining kollu as hubby likes sundal.
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📖 Recipe
Kollu Rasam
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup kollu / horse gram
- 1 tomato roughly chopped
- 2 tsp tamarind pulp
- 2 tsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- salt to taste
To Temper:
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 red chillies
- few curry leaves
- a generous pinch hing
- 1 tsp oil
To crush coarsely :
- 3 nos garlic
- 1 tsp cumin seeds Jjeera
- 10 nos pepper
Instructions
- Soak kollu(horsegram) overnight with enough water.
- Pressure cook with 1.5 cups of water for 5 whistles. Drain the water, set it aside.
- Crush garlic, pepper and jeera coarsely using a hand mortar and pestle, set aside.
- In a pan add oil and temper the items listed under ‘to temper’.
- Then add the crushed garlic-pepper-jeera mixture and saute for a minute.
- Then add required salt, hing and turmeric powder.
- Add tomatoes and saute till raw smell leaves.
- Mush the kollu with the drained water once and then add it to the tempered items.
- Add tamarind paste and allow it for a nice boil.
- Then add chopped coriander leaves and switch it off. Enjoy Kollu Rasam!
Notes
- We can also add rasam powder but I prefer freshly crushed garlic jeera and pepper.
How to make Kollu Rasam
1.Soak kollu(horsegram) overnight with enough water. Pressure cook with 1.5 cups of water for 5 whistles. Drain the water with a handful of kollu, set it aside. Reserve the remaining kollu for making sundal.
The rasam is very flavourful with freshly crushed garlic and pepper. Suits best for steamed rice.
Kollu Sundal
1.Heat oil in a pan add the items listed under ‘to temper’. Then add required salt, turmeric powder and hing.Add the cooked kollu and saute for a minute.
Then add coconut, saute till it slightly turns brown then switch it off.
Expert Tips
- I added a handful of kollu in the rasam, you can skip it and just use the drained water alone.
- We can also add rasam powder but I prefer freshly crushed garlic jeera and pepper.
- We can also make chutney using the cooked kollu , will be posting it in future.
Swetha
I have never had kollu before. :). Kollu rasam sounds new. I should try it and see. 🙂
PV Raghavan
Kollu is good for reducing weight and to shed cholesterol, however generates lot of heat to body if consumed regularly. Once or twice in a week would be okay and would be delicious as well.
Anonymous
It is very good for health…..rasam looks superb…too good n step by step process will help everybody to make easy n simple…thanks for sharing…
Vardhini
I am a big rasam fan .. rasam looks interesting.
Vardhini
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jeyashrisuresh
I made this rasam few times for my mil, this version sounds nice. Sundal too sounds nice. Healthy recipes
Hari Chandana
Very healthy and delicious recipes.. looks absolutely perfect.. thanks for sharing dear !!
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Cilantro
I make it when one of us is sick with cold or cough. It helps relieve the congestion. Never made sundal though, will try next time I cook it.
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and healthy looking rasam
Deepa
Nisa Homey
Sharmi, this is so healthy, would like to have with hot steaming white rice and pappad.
Shobha
I love sundal too..such a healthy snack.
The rasam looks nice and tangy..nice clicks.
Madhavi
Very nice recipes and love this rasam..
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radha
Looks so good. We call it Saar-Upkari. The saaru is the rasam and the upkari or the curry is what is made with the cooked gram.
Suja Manoj
Both recipe looks delicious and healthy..perfect with rice..
Uma
when it comes to sundal or rasam, my choice is rasam only. will drink it simply.
Poornima Nair
Horse gram sundal looks delicious! Love the rasam too.
savitha ramesh
Very healthy rasam.love the clicks as usual.
ANU
wow very healthy and healthy recipes dear….luv the clicks too…..awesome!
Shabitha Karthikeyan
I love kollu recipes. Lovely rasam and gorgeous pics.
Aarthi
very healthy rasam and sundal..i should try soon..
Akila
Wow so tempting… Want to drink the whole rasam
Chitra
I was looking for good rasam recipe for months..Now i got it.. will surely try this weekend and let u know 🙂
Anonymous
While preparing rasum, grind some cooked kollu nad add it to the rasun, it will give additional taste
Debs @ The Spanish Wok
Sounds very interesting, thanks.
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Priya
Healthy and super comforting sundal,rasam..my kind of foods.
Shilpakiran
i am getting the spicy aroma of the dish ..white rice is good combo ..thanks for sharing
dassana
i have never had horse gram before. i have a packet of it and it is still lying in the kitchen.
i had seen the rasam recipe in one of the cookbooks i have. but never gave it a try. after seeing your pics i am going to try the rasam as well as the sundal.
surya
wish to eat such a comforting rice with rasam!
on surfing, came to know that horsegrams helps in losing weight. so will definitely give a try!
Surya
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M D
Lovely rasam and sundal. We make it exactly this way. Nice clicks.
Ramya
I love the Kollu sundal, never tried the Kollu rasam before! Will def try next time 🙂 Bookmarked!
Pavithra Elangovan
My fav rasam…I do add 1 or 2 green chilli and coriander while crushing in morter, other things are same and its always healthy rasam 🙂
Vanamala Hebbar
Nice rasam
raj
Nice Rasam and koillu chaitnee, i like chaitnee.
Square Meals
Just made this for lunch…really yummy 🙂
Aparna
Thenmozhi Sathish
I din't try it yet,..just by seeing this photos of preparation I like it very much. thank you.
Balaji
Hi there, first time coming to your website – very nice presentation of the recipe – really impressed – tried kollu rasam today and it has come out good. Thanks
Bharti Sharma-G
very tasty! Just made it for dinner.
anitha srini
Rasam was fab thanks sharmi…
amma bliss
Hello Sharmi..I have tried many of ur recipes and they all turned out fantastic.2 days back pasta with white sauce turned out a big hit.I am so sure that if I want to try a healthy and no fail recipe I just need to check your blog.
Great work.
YummyFoodRecipes India
Awesome!! This Rasam dish really fills with much excitement to try it out at home. Good attempt! Keep going.