Learn how to make Andhra Style Drumstick Rasam recipe with step by step pictures. Mulakkada Charu is a comforting Telugu style rasam made with drumsticks, a nice accompaniment to hot rice.
First soak 1 tablespoon tamarind in ½ cup of hot water and extract tamarind juice. Set it aside. In a pot add 2 drumsticks cut into finger-sized pieces in 3 cups of water and ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder.
Cook it covered for 10-12 mins on medium flame until the drumstick pieces are cooked.
Now add 1 teaspoon rasam powder and the extracted tamarind juice along with salt as needed.
Next add roughly torn coriander stalks (roots removed).
Add 1 teaspoon sugar/grated jaggery.
Bring the rasam to a slow boil on low flame. When the rasam is frothy, remove from heat.
In a small pan heat 1 teaspoon oil and add ½ teaspoon mustard seeds, ½ teaspoon cumin seeds, 1 dry red chilli roughly torn into 2-3 pieces. As the mustard & cumin seeds splutter, add ¼ teaspoon asafoetida and few fresh curry leaves. Remove from heat.
Add the tempering to the rasam.
Serve hot immediately with hot rice, pappu and ghee.