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Alternative names | Saaru, saathamudhu, chaaru, chaatambde |
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Place of origin | India |
Region or state | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | kokum, kadam, jaggery, tamarind, tomato, lentil |
Rasam (Tamil- ரசம்) is a spicy South Indian soup-like dish.[1] It is usually served as a side dish with rice. In a traditional South Indian meal, it is part of a course that includes sambar rice. Rasam has a distinct taste in comparison to sambar due to its own seasoning ingredients and is watery in consistency. Chilled prepared versions are marketed commercially as well as rasam paste in bottles.[2]
An Anglo-Indian variety of rasam is the soup-like dish mulligatawny whose name is derived from the Tamil word mulagu thani.[3]