Hunase Saaru Recipe - Mysore Style Spicy Tamarind Rasam

Madhuri Aggarwal

October 14, 2024

1562 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 20 M|Total: 30 M

Makes:2 Servings

Meal:Dinner

Cuisine:Karnataka

Hunase Saaru Recipe or Spicy Tamarind Saaru or Rasam is a quick comforting hot South Indian broth popularly made in Mysore and across South India. It is tangy, sweet, spicy and best had piping hot. Perfect for a bout of the sniffles or a sore throat, its warmth can be comforting and healing during the winter.

Hunase Saaru Recipe can be had as a warm drink accompanying a South Indian thali meal, or even simply served over Steamed Rice with a dollop of ghee.

Explore some other varieties of Rasam such as

Hunase Saaru Recipe can be had as a warm drink accompanying a South Indian thali meal, or even simply served over Steamed Rice with a dollop of ghee.

Explore some other varieties of Rasam such as

Ingredients

1/2 Tamarind, soaked and pulped (you can also try this recipe for preparing tamarind water)

1 Cumin seeds (Jeera)

1 Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)

1 Asafoetida (hing)

12 Curry leaves

4 Dry Red Chillies

1 Rasam Powder, or red chilly powder

2 Jaggery, powdered

Salt, to taste

1 Ghee

Instructions for Hunase Saaru Recipe - Mysore Style Spicy Tamarind Rasam

To begin making the Hunase Saaru Recipe or Mysore Style Spicy Tamarind Rasam first heat ghee in a kadai, to this, add mustard seeds and cumin and allow it to crackle.

Next, add asafoetida, curry leaves and red chillies and stir gently till they crisp up.

Add the prepared tamarind extract, 1.5 cups water along with the rasam powder, salt, jaggery powder and bring the whole mixture to a boil on a high heat.

Allow it to simmer for 5 to 10 mins till the quantity reduces to 3/4th its original volume. By now the tamarind will lose its raw smell and the spices will be well amalgamated.

Taste the rasam for spice, tang and sweetness levels and adjust by adding rasam powder/chilli powder or jaggery, as required.

Take it off the heat and serve hot as a drink accompanying a South Indian thali meal, or over Steamed Rice with a dollop of ghee.