Tomato Rasam powder
Hot and piping tomato rasam with rice(or rice rava for babies) on any day just about uplifts anyone’s mood. This tomato rasam powder can be used to make rasam that can be enjoyed by adults and babies alike!
For babies: 8 months+ (this has to be given to baby after introducing combination foods)
Tomato Rasam recipe
Preparation:
This is a slightly altered version for easy digestion in babies.
- Chop a small tomato into small pieces.
- Cut up a garlic clove into pieces.
- Fry these in an iron kadai on a low-medium flame till the tomato is squishy and cooked properly.
- Blend the fried tomatoes and garlic to form a smooth paste.
- Now in the same kadai, add a few drops of oil and the blended paste, add ½ spoon of Tomato Rasam powder and a little salt.
- Fry for a minute on low flame. Then add half a cup of water and let it boil. Let the rasam simmer for a few more minutes till vapours filled with the smell of spices appear.
- Turn off the stove and place a lid on the rasam.
Method to feed tomato rasam to your baby: Make sure that the rasam is warm and not very hot. Rasam can be added to freshly cooked rice rava in small quantities with a few drops of ghee and fed. For babies above 11 months of age, regular rice that is freshly cooked can be mashed well with rasam and a few drops of ghee can be given. Also the tomatoes and garlic need not be ground to a paste if your baby is able to chew on hard solids.