15 Rasam Recipes to Boost Immunity in Kids and Adults

The pandemic is not subsiding and winter is on its way with viral fever, cough, and cold. As a parent, it is natural for you to worry about your child’s health. A good immune system is the only shield that can protect your kid from viral and seasonal diseases. Food, when consumed in the right way, is the best immune booster. With the goodness of spices like pepper, cumin, garlic, etc, rasam is one humble dish that helps improve immunity. Here are 15 rasam recipes to boost immunity and aid digestion in kids and adults.

Rasam is a thin watery consistency curry prepared on a regular basis for lunch/dinner in most of the houses in South India. Rasam can be used as a soup as well.  While the soup is consumed at the beginning of a meal, rasam is taken after the main course followed by curd/ buttermilk as it aids in digestion too. Some take it as a curry along with rice or even as an appetizer. 

Rasam as an Immunity Booster 

Rasam uses most of the ingredients from your masala box. Pepper, jeera, garlic, asafetida, turmeric, coriander seeds, and curry leaves are all best for boosting your immunity. 

A bowl of warm rasam is the best antidote for the common cold, cough, indigestion, lack of appetite, and tastelessness in the mouth due to fever.  Rasam is also a home remedy for sore throat, chest congestion, constipation, and fever.

Read: 67 Most Effective Home Remedies for Cold and Cough in Babies

When can I feed my baby rasam?

Rasam is one of the best flavourful dishes you can give to your baby. Most of the Tamilians start feeding tomato rasam for lunch to babies at the age of 7 to 8 months of course reducing the spice level. As the baby gets introduced to new foods, constipation and gas formation are the main concern. Rasam helps to overcome constipation and gastric problems. It also helps reduce cold and cough and strengthens immunity.

You can give your baby rasam when he/she is down with fever by preparing it with less spice and oil. A combination of pepper and jeera works wonders. Each type of rasam, depending upon the main ingredient, helps heal different common ailments. We have rasam recipes for babies that are recommended when your baby/ kid is down with fever and also rasam recipes for reducing mucus and also constipation. 

15 Rasam Recipes to Boost Immunity in Kids and Adults

Usually, rasam is prepared with lentils cooked water, tomato, and tamarind. But there are so many varieties of rasam you can prepare with vegetables and herbs. The main ingredient that goes into the rasam determines its predominant flavor and thus each type of rasam has a different flavor and healing property. There are even a few special fruit rasams like pineapple rasam, orange rasam, etc too.

You can use rasam powder when making rasam. Rasam powder adds extra flavor to the rasam. Add a half teaspoon in case you have. In my recipes, I have mentioned it as optional. Skip the rasam powder in case you do not have it or you can make instant rasam powder at home easily by following the steps in this link.

So now let us see a few rasam recipes to boost immunity in kids and adults.

1.Tomato Rasam Recipes to Boost Immunity

This is very easy to make rasam variety. You can make this rasam with only tomatoes or can add little tamarind with tomatoes. Recommended for babies from 7 months ( adjust the spice if feeding for the infant). 

Ingredients 

• Tomato – 3  to 4 ( medium size)
• Tamarind – very little (optional)  
• Assafatida – ¼ teaspoon 
• Turmeric – ½ teaspoon 
• Coriander leaves to garnish. 
• Salt as needed 

To coarsely powder or grind

• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper – ½ teaspoon 
• Coriander seeds –  ½ teaspoon  
• Garlic – 5 cloves
• Curry leaves

For tempering 

• Oil/ghee 
•  Mustard 
• Fenugreek 
• Curry leaves 
• Red chili 

Method

• In a wide bowl add the chopped tomatoes and mash them nicely with hand or blender. 
• Take a separate bowl and soak the tamarind with ¼ cup of water if you are adding. After soaking extract the tamarind juice. Tamarind water is ready, keep it aside.
• Crush the jeera, garlic, coriander seeds, curry leaves, and pepper. 
• In a pan add oil/ghee followed by ingredients under for tempering. Make sure mustard splutters.  
• Now put the tomatoes and the required water. (2 cups). Boil for a minute. (add tamarind water if adding)
• Add the crushed spices.
• Now add salt and turmeric and mix well. Close the pan with lid. 
• Boil until the raw smell of the tomatoes goes. 
• Turn off the stove and garnish with coriander leaves. Close the pan immediately. 

Serve with rice or you can have this tomato rasam like soup. 

2. Pepper Rasam for Relief from Cold and Cough

Pepper adds spice to the rasam and moreover, it acts as a medicine to our body. Most of the respiratory problems are cured when you substitute pepper instead of chili. When your baby is suffering from a cold prepare this simple pepper rasam and feed your baby with freshly prepared rice, topped with some ghee.  It is best to mash the rice properly with hand and add lots of rasam. Feed it to the baby while it is still warm. It will help dissolve the mucus.  

Ingredients 

• Tomato – 2 
• Tamarind – small lemon size 
• Rasam powder – ½ teaspoon (optional)
• Assafatida – ¼ teaspoon 
• Turmeric – ½ teaspoon 
• Salt as needed 
• Ghee – ½ teaspoon (to roast the pepper)

To coarsely grind

• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper – 1 or 2 teaspoon  
• Garlic – few
• Curry leaves

For tempering

• Oil/ghee 
• Mustard 
• Fenugreek 
• Curry leaves 
• Red chili 
• Few peppercorns 

Method 

• In a hot pan put half a teaspoon of ghee and roast the pepper.
• Soak the tamarind in half a cup of warm water for ten minutes. After soaking extract the tamarind juice. Tamarind water is ready, keep it aside.
• Make a coarse powder/paste of jeera, pepper, garlic, and curry leaves in a mixer or pound it with the mortar and pestles. 
• Chop or mash the tomatoes and keep it ready. 
• In a Kadai or vessel add the tamarind water, rasam powder, turmeric, salt, the coarsely powdered spices, and tomatoes. Heat it in low flame. 
• Need not boil just wait until it the forth forming. Check for the salt and spice at this stage and add water at this stage. 
• Boil it for 5 minutes. Finally, add the tempering and garnish with coriander leaves. 
• Rasam is ready.  Serve it with hot rice. Can also enjoy it as soup.   

3. Garlic Rasam Recipe for Immunity and Better Digestion

Garlic plays a vital role in South Indian cooking. It is used in curries, chutneys, biriyanis, etc. Garlic not just adds flavor to the recipe, it has lots of medicinal properties too. It helps digestion, reduces cholesterol, and improves memory. Garlic also controls the risk of heart diseases. It also helps alleviate cold and flu. Garlic rasam recipes to boost immunity has that strong garlic flavor that helps reduce the bland taste you feel while down with fever.

Ingredients 

• Tomato – 2 ( medium size)
• Tamarind –  small marble size 
• Assafatida – ¼ teaspoon 
• Turmeric – ½ teaspoon 
• Rasam powder – ½ teaspoon ( optional) 
• Coriander leaves to garnish.
• Salt as needed 

To coarsely grind or crush

• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper – ½ teaspoon 
• Coriander seeds –  ½ teaspoon  
• Garlic – 10 pods 
• Curry leaves

For tempering

• Oil/ghee 
•  Mustard 
• Fenugreek 
• Curry leaves 
• Red chili 

Method

• Soak the tamarind in half a cup of warm water for ten minutes. After soaking extract the tamarind juice. Tamarind water is ready, keep it aside.
• Make a coarse paste of jeera, pepper, garlic, and curry leaves in a mixer or can also pound it with the mortar and pestles. 
• Chop and mash the tomatoes roughly with hand.
• In a Kadai/pan add the oil. Now add mustard. Once it cracks add fenugreek. Then add curry leaves and red chili. Just give a mix once. 
• Now add the crushed ingredients and saute, do not overcook the garlic. It should be soft, it should not turn to brown. 
• Add the tamarind water, mashed tomatoes, salt, rasam powder, and asafoetida. 
• Wait till the raw smell of tomatoes goes. 
• Finally garnish with coriander leaves. 
• Rasam is ready to serve.     

4. Horsegram Rasam Recipe for Cold and Fever

Most of us think horse gram will help in only weight loss. Horse gram is a wonderful medicine for common cold and fever too. At our home, if any of us suffer from cold or fever I make this rasam. It is called kollu rasam or huruli saaru. We have this rasam with rice and drink as a soup too. Better to have curd, buttermilk, or milk after consuming horse gram to cool down the body. 

There are two types of horse gram rasam recipes to boost immunity. One is using freshly ground horse gram to make rasam and the other is using cooked horse gram water only to make rasam. Here I am sharing the horse gram rasam recipe using freshly ground horse gram.

Ingredients

• Tamarind – small marble size ( optional)
• turmeric – 1/2 teaspoon
• salt and coriander leave as required. 

To grind 

• Horse gram – 3 tablespoon 
• Pepper – 1 teaspoon 
• Jeera – 1 teaspoon
• Coriander seeds  1 teaspoon
• Red chili – 1 very small 
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Curry leaves – few 
• Tomatoes – 2 

For tempering

• Oil/ghee 
•  Mustard 
• Fenugreek 
• Curry leaves 
• Red chili 

Method 

• First, clean the horse gram removing any stones. Usually, tiny stones will be along with horse gram. 
• Then soak the tamarind in half a cup of water for ten minutes. After soaking extract the tamarind juice. Tamarind water is ready, keep it aside.
• In a mixer jar adds all the ingredients listed under to grind.
• Grind it to a fine paste. 
• In a pan add the oil/ghee. Add fenugreek, mustard, red chili, and curry leaves one by one. 
• Let the mustard to crack. 
• Add the grounded paste and 2 cups of water, boil for three to five minutes.  
• Now add salt, turmeric, and the tamarind water. 
• Allow it to boil until the raw smell of the horse gram goes. 
• Finally, garnish with coriander leaves. Enjoy as soup or with rice. 

5. Dal Rasam or Parippu Rasam 

This is one of the most commonly prepared rasam recipes to boost immunity. In our house, the dal cooked water while making sambar is saved for this rasam. 

Ingredients 

• Tomatoes – 3 nos.
• Tamarind – small marble size 
• Dal cooked water – 2 cups
• Assafatida – ½  teaspoon 
• Turmeric – ½ teaspoon 
• Coriander leaves to garnish. 
• Salt as needed 

To grind coarsely

• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper – ½ teaspoon 
• Coriander seeds –  ½ teaspoon  
• Garlic –3 cloves 
• Curry leaves

For tempering

• Oil/ghee 
•  Mustard 
• Fenugreek 
• Curry leaves 
• Red chili 

Method

• In a wide bowl add the chopped tomatoes and mash them nicely with hand or blender. 
• Take a separate bowl and soak the tamarind in warm water for ten minutes. After soaking extract the tamarind juice. Tamarind water is ready, keep it aside.
• Crush the jeera, garlic, coriander seeds, curry leaves, and pepper. 
• In a pan add oil/ghee followed by ingredients under for tempering, make sure mustard crackles.  
• Now add the tomatoes and 2 cups dal cooked water. Boil for a minute.Now add tamarind water. 
• Add the crushed powder/ paste.
• Then add the salt and turmeric, mix well and close the pan with lid. 
• Boil until the raw smell of the tomatoes goes. 
• Turn off the stove and garnish with coriander leaves. Close the pan immediately. 

Serve with rice for your baby. You can have this rasam as a soup too. You can also use this rasam as a dip for idli and dosa. Can also be mixed with mashed boiled vegetables and served to the baby.

6. Tamarind Rasam Recipe for Constipation

Tamarind is an excellent ingredient used for ages in our cooking. It is a good laxative because it has a good amount of malic and tartaric acids in it. Rasam made with tamarind is thus a good remedy for constipation. It also helps reduce indigestion. This rasam also can cure nasal blocks and cold. The vegetables cooked in tamarind water will not lose the vitamins and minerals. 

Ingredients 

• Tomato – 1 (optional) I have skipped. 
• Tamarind – lemon size  
• Asafetida – ¼ teaspoon 
• Turmeric – ½ teaspoon 
• Rasam powder – ½ teaspoon (optional) 
• Coriander leaves to garnish.
• Jaggery – ½ spoon 
• Salt as needed 

To Coarsely Grind

• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper – ½ teaspoon 
• Coriander seeds – ½ teaspoon  
• Garlic – 5 pods 
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves 

For tempering

• Oil/ghee 
•  Mustard 
• Fenugreek 
• Curry leaves 
• Red chili 

Method

• In a bowl soak the tamarind for ten minutes. Chop the tomato if adding. 
• Extract juice from tamarind and add 1 to 1 ½ cups of water. 
• Crush the jeera, garlic, coriander seeds, curry leaves, and pepper. 
• In a pan add oil/ghee followed by ingredients under for tempering, make sure mustard crackles.  
• Now add the tomato(if adding) and the tamarind water. 
• Add the crushed spices, salt, and turmeric mix well and close the pan with lid. 
• Boil for 5 to 8 minutes.
• Add jaggery boil for another minute.  
• Turn off the stove and garnish with coriander leaves. Close the pan immediately. 

So that is your simple tamarind rasam recipe to boost immunity and relieve constipation. Take it after a heavy meal or along with rice.

7. Thuthuvalai Rasam Recipe for Boosting Immunity Against Cold and Cough

Solanum trilobatum or Thuthuvalai as we call in Tamil is an effective herb for cold and cough. It acts as an excellent medicine for most of the respiratory issues. Thuthuvalai is commonly available in South India. In case you don’t find this herb freshly in your region, dry powder of this herb is available online. Instead of fresh leaves, just mix one spoon of this powder to the recipe that I am sharing below.  

 

Ingredients

• Thuthuvalai leaves – 1 cup 
• Tomato – 2 
• Tamarind – small marble size 
• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper – ½ teaspoon 
• Garlic – 4 cloves
• Turmeric – ¼ teaspoon 
• Rasam powder – ½ teaspoon ( optional)
• Jaggery – ½ teaspoon ( optional)
• Oil and ghee – 1 spoon each.  

For Tempering 

• Mustard – ½ teaspoon 
• Curry leaves – few 
• Red chili – 1

Method

• Clean the thuthuvalai leaves and rinse it twice with water. 
• Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water for ten minutes. 
• Extract the juice and keep aside.
• Take a pan and heat a little ghee in it. Now saute the leaves. 
• Now grind the sauteed leaves, jeera, pepper, garlic, and tomato into a fine paste. 
• In the same pan add the grounded paste and tamarind water, salt, turmeric, rasam powder, and curry leaves. ( add the dry powder if you do not have fresh leaves at this stage). 
• Add 2 cups of water and mix well. Boil for ten minutes. 
• Now add the tempering and garnish with coriander leaves.  
• Serve after meals or with rice. 

8. Tulasi rasam recipe or holy basil leaves rasam recipe

Tulsi plant has many medicinal properties and is been used in Ayurveda for years. It cleans the stomach. Basil leaves are packed with vitamin E so it is very good for the skin. Tulsi also protects from heart diseases and also helps to recover from fever and cold. The below rasam is very simple to make and very effective for cold and fever. 

Ingredients

• Thulasi leaves/ holy basil – 1 cup
• Tomato – 3  
• Tamarind – small marble size 
• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper ½ teaspoon 
• Garlic – 6 cloves
• Turmeric – ¼ teaspoon 
• Asafetida – ¼ teaspoon
• Rasam powder – ½ teaspoon ( optional)
• Jaggery – ½ teaspoon ( optional)
• Oil and ghee – 1 spoon each.  
• Coriander leaves – to garnish

For Tempering 

• Mustard – ½ teaspoon 
• Curry leaves – few 
• Red chili – 1

Method

• First, wash and roughly chop the tulsi leaves. 
• Chop and mash the tomatoes. 
• Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water for ten minutes and extract the juice.
• Crush the jeera, pepper, coriander seeds, and garlic.
• In a pan/Kadai add oil add the tulsi leaves saute for a minute. Add the tomatoes and the crushed masala and saute for a minute. 
• Now add the tamarind water, salt, turmeric, asafetida, rasam powder, and curry leaves.    
• Close the pan with the lid and cook for 5 to 10 mins. 
• Give a mix to the rasam and add the jaggery and close the pan for a min. 
• Finally, add the tempering to the rasam and add coriander leaves. Give a quick mix, and off the stove.  
•  Serve with hot rice. 

If baby/kid is sick you can dip idly or dosa in this rasam and feed. It is good for cold, cough, and stomach issues.

9. Betel Leaves Rasam Recipes to Boost Immunity

Vetrilai / paan or Betel leaves are excellent for stomach related issues and digestion. You can add these leaves to steaming water when suffering from a cold or headache and inhale the steam. Betel leaves lower cholesterol.  This also acts as a good home remedy for respiratory issues, predominately for chest congestion. 

Please note not to add betel leaves than the mentioned quantity.

Ingredients

• Betel leaves – 2 leaves ( do not add more)
• Tomato – 3
• Tamarind – small marble size 
• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper ½ teaspoon 
• Garlic – 4 cloves
• Turmeric – ¼ teaspoon 
• Asafetida – ¼ teaspoon
• Rasam powder – ½ teaspoon ( optional)
• Jaggery – ½ teaspoon ( optional)
• Oil and ghee – 1 spoon each.  
• Coriander leaves

For Tempering 

• Mustard – ½ teaspoon 
• Curry leaves – few 
• Red chili – 1

Method

• First, soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water for ten minutes. Extract the juice and keep aside.
• Then take the pan leaves. Discard the stalk part of the leaf and wash it. 
• In a pan add little ghee and saute the leaves just for less than a minute. 
• Take a mixer jar add the sauteed leaves, jeera, pepper, garlic, and tomato. Ground it to a fine paste. 
• In the same pan add the grounded paste and tamarind water, salt, turmeric, rasam powder, and curry leaves.
• Add 2 cups of water and mix well. Boil for ten minutes. 
• Now add the jaggery. Check for the salt and spice at this stage. Adjust accordingly. 
• Finally, add the tempering, mix well and garnish with coriander leaves.  

Betel leaves rasam is ready. Please note not to use more betel leaves than mentioned.

10. Karpuravalli Rasam recipe 

Ajwain leaves/ Karpuravalli/Panikoorka or Indian Borage functions as a good solution for stomach related issues and respiratory issues. It helps reduce constipation and also removes toxins from our body. We can grow this plan easily, need just a small pot with soil. I would say if you have a kid at home a karpooravalli plant is a must.

Due to its medicinal properties, karpooravalli rasam is undoubtedly one of the best rasam recipes to boost immunity in kids and adults.

Ingredients

• Karpooravalli Leaves – 6  leaves ( do not add more)
• Tomato – 3
• Tamarind – small marble size 
• Jeera – ½ teaspoon 
• Pepper ½ teaspoon 
• Garlic – 4 cloves
• Turmeric – ¼ teaspoon 
• Asafetida – ¼ teaspoon
• Rasam powder – ½ teaspoon ( optional)
• Jaggery – ½ teaspoon 
• Oil and ghee – 1 spoon each.  
• Coriander leaves

For Tempering 

• Mustard – ½ teaspoon 
• Curry leaves – few 
• Red chili – 1

Method

• Wash and roughly chop the leaves. 
• Chop and mash the tomatoes. 
• Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water for ten minutes and extract the juice.
• In a mixer add the jeera, pepper, coriander seeds, garlic, and 4 leaves. Make a coarse paste.
• Take a pan/Kadai and add oil. Add the remaining two karpuravali leaves and saute for a minute. Add the tomatoes and the grounded masala. Saute for a minute. 
• Add the tamarind water, salt, turmeric, asafetida, rasam powder, and curry leaves.    
• Close the pan with the lid and cook for 5 to 10 mins. 
• Mix the rasam once and add the jaggery and close the pan with a lid for a min. 
• Add the tempering to the rasam and add coriander leaves, give a quick mix, and off the stove.  
• Serve with hot rice. 

Strain this rasam and give to babies as a soup by diluting with hot water. Recovers cold and cough.     

11. Mor Rasam Recipe / Buttermilk Rasam recipe

We make this mor rasam or tempered buttermilk when we continuously skip the curd/ buttermilk if its cold weather. Buttermilk cools the stomach. So it is good to have it when you are sick. Most of the home remedies or the medicines we consume for cold or cough produce heat in our bodies.  Having buttermilk as buttermilk rasam cools the stomach and without increasing cold and cough.

Ingredients 

• Fresh curd – ½ cup 
• Water – 2 cups 
• Ginger grated – 1 teaspoon 
• Asafetida – ½  teaspoon 
• Turmeric – ¼ teaspoon    
• Red chili –  1
• Green chili – 1 (optional)
• Salt 
• Mustard – ¼  teaspoon 
• Jeera – ¼ teaspoon 
• Curry leaves – a few 
• Coriander leaves –  a few 

Method

• First, churn the fresh curd and add 2 cups of water and keep aside. 
• Next in a pan add oil, mustard, and jeera. Once it splits. 
• Now add the curry leaves, ginger, asafetida, and chilies. Saute for a minute. 
• Then add the turmeric and salt give a quick mix. 
• Lastly, add the buttermilk. This need not be boiled. Once the buttermilk is warm turn off the stove. 
• You can garnish with coriander leaves if you want. 
• Consume with rice.

12. Lemon Rasam or Elumichai Rasam Recipe For Immunity

Making lemon rasam for immunity is very simple. It is a perfect rasam to make when you are having lazy days. In lemon rasam, we don’t use tomato or tamarind water. The lemon juice that we add at the end of the rasam recipe is what gives it the sour taste. Lemon is good in vitamin C and thus lemon rasam recipes for immunity boosting is good for both kids and adults. It helps reduce cough and cold and also aids digestion.

Ingredients

• Ginger – 1 small square piece
• Green chilies(optional)  –  1 to 2 nos (medium size) 
• Garlic – 6  to 7 nos
• Peppercorns – 1 tsp
• Lemon juice – 2 tbs
• Water – 3 to  4 Cups
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
• Salt – to taste  
• Coconut oil – 1 tbs
• Coriander leaves
• Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
• Dry red chilies – 2
• Curry Leaves

Method

• Firstly crush nicely ginger, garlic, green chilies, and peppercorns.
• Then put the crushed ingredients along with water in a pan. Add salt and turmeric. Boil it nicely till the raw smell goes.
• Now put coriander leaves.
• Add a tempering of mustard seeds, dry red chilies, and curry leaves. Switch off the stove.
• Once the rasam cools and is lukewarm add the lemon juice.
• Serve as a soup or with rice.

13. Drumstick Rasam Recipe to Boost Immunity

Drumstick regulates sugar levels, helps increase hemoglobin levels, facilitates easy digestion, and boosts immunity. The drumstick rasam recipe for immunity is easy to make and contains the basic rasam ingredients plus drumstick.

Ingredients

• Drumsticks – 4 nos
• Tomatoes – 2 medium
• toor dal (optional) – ¼ cup
• water -2 cups 
• Tamarind – 1/2 a lemon size
• coriander Leaves – 2 tsp 
• Rasam powder – 1 & 1/2 tsp (optional)

For seasoning

• mustard – 1 tsp 
• urad dal – 1/2 tsp 
• garlic – 3 crushed 
• hing – 1/2 tsp 
• jeera – 1/2 tsp 
• Fenugreek – 1/4 tsp
• red chili – 1
• curry leaves – 2 sprigs 

Method

• First, soak the ball of tamarind in water and extract the juice.
• Peel off the drumstick peel and cut it into finger-length pieces.
• In a vessel add drumsticks and tomatoes. Boil it well.
• Once cooked take out the drumstick and tomatoes. 
• To the same water add toor dal and cook it. 
• Take the pulp of the drumstick and discard the outer fibrous part.
• Peel the cooked tomatoes.
• Next smash well the drumstick pulp, tomato, and cooked dal.
• Add the smashed ingredients along with tamarind water and rasam powder in a vessel and boil. 
• Now in a pan, heat oil. Add mustard and urad dal together.
• Once mustard crackles and urad dal changes color, add crushed garlic, fenugreek, cumin, red chili, hing, and curry leaves.
• Finally, add this tempering to the rasam and switch off immediately.

Tasty and healthy drumstick rasam recipe is ready. Serve with white rice or strain and give as a soup for kids.

14. Beetroot Rasam Recipe to Boost Immunity

Rasam made with beetroot tastes good and it can be consumed as soup as well. Beetroot is good to increase red blood cells count and also helps in decreasing the risk of obesity and diabetes. This makes it one of the tastest rasam recipes to boost immunity and strenght.

Ingredients    

• Beetroot – 1 small beetroot, chopped
• Jaggery – 1tsp
• Tamarind – 1 small lemon size
• Turmeric powder – a pinch
• Green chili – ½
• Salt – to taste

To roast and grind

• Ghee – 1 tsp
• Fenugreek – ½ tsp
• Coriander seeds – 2 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Red chili – 1 small or half of a big one
• Grated coconut – 3 tsp

To temper

• Ghee – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Hing – little
• Crushed garlic – 10 no’s

Method

• First cook the chopped beetroot. Let it cool down.
• Soak the tamarind in 2 cups of hot water for 10 minutes.
• Extract the juice from tamarind and add one more cup of water to the juice.
• Roast the ingredients given under ‘to roast’, in the given order.
• Ground the roasted masala with cooked beetroot adding little water.
• Boil the tamarind water.
• Add turmeric, green chili, jaggery, and salt. Boil for 3 more minutes.
• Now add the ground paste and mix well. Switch off the stove.
• In a pan add ghee. Once the ghee is hot, firstly add crushed garlic. Sautee for a minute.
• Now add curry leaves and hing.
• At last, add the tempering to the rasam.

Yummy beetroot rasam for increasing immunity is ready. Serve as a soup or as a curry for rice.

15. Nellikai Rasam or Gooseberry Rasam

One of my favorite rasam recipes to boost immunity is gooseberry rasam. Gooseberry/Nellikai/ Amla is undoubtedly the best immune booster as it is an excellent source of Vitamin C. Nellikai has a natural tanginess and so tamarind can be avoided while making this rasam.

Ingredients

So these are the rasam recipes to boost immunity that I usually make at my home. It is important to increase our kids’ immunity and improving one’s body’s immune response through natural ingredients is the best way. Rasam makes the best of the Indian foods that you can use for boosting your immunity in a natural way. Do try these rasam recipes to boost immunity and give your feedback as comments.