Vepampoo Rasam/வேப்பம் பூ ரசம் | Cookery Web Series | Ammavum Naanum Episode #20| Rakesh Raghunathan

Vepampoo Rasam / வேப்பம்பூ ரசம்
Eating seasonal is something that we have always practised at home. There's nothing more nuanced than a rasam made with aged neem flowers. Watch amma teach me the intricacies behind making this rasam that has the most delectable aroma. Recipe text down below
Ingredients:
* Vepam Poo / Neem flowers - 2 tbsp
* Ghee - 2 tsp
Tempering:
* Sesame oil - 1 tsp
* Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
* Mustard - 1 tsp
* Red chillies - 3 broken
* Toor dhal - 1.5 tbsp
* Rasam powder - 2 tsp
* Salt
* Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
* Tamarind - size of medium lemon
Method:
* Extract tamarind juice using 750 ml water.
* Add turmeric, salt to the tamarind water and bring to a boil.
* In a separate wok, heat sesame oil and fry asafoetida and temper with mustard seeds, red chillies and toor dhal. Cook until dhal turns golden brown.
* Add this to the boiling tamarind extract. Make sure the raw smell of tamarind fades before you add this tempering.
* Add rasam powder and let it boil.
* In a wok, heat ghee. Once hot add the neem flowers and fry till black in colour.
* Add the flowers over the boiling rasam.
* Serve hot with rice.
Note:
* Do not add tomatoes, garlic, curry/ coriander leaves in this rasam.
* The older the Neem flowers are the more flavorful it is.
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[@elamparithisubramaniam7280]

அம்மாவின் செல்ல தங்க மகன் ராகேஷ்

[@suchitrarajkumar7837]

Rakesh iam in love with your mom's narration.. God bless her

[@n.viswanathan8173]

You brought back my mother’s memories! God bless you.

[@vasanthiramaswamy6311]

👌 Rama, அருமையான வேப்பம்பூ ரசம், வரலாமா சாப்பிட.

[@meeraramanan7276]

My daughter recommended this recipe. It is really wonderful. I learnt the correct method. Hats off to Mom and Son.

[@nalinisrinivasan463]

Hi Rakesh,I love the bonding between u&amma.By the way,my mom is also Rama.She is no more&I am always reminded of my mom when I see your mom.Her words r so endearing&its sheer joy watching u both exchanging ideas.Thank u.Awaiting more vlogs......

[@devibala5190]

Super remembering so many things.

[@sulekaumashankar2296]

What a narration,,,,in this lock out i tried many of her recipies ...my children really enojoyed...thanks to Mrs.Rama Ragunathan...(Rakesh chumma chumma amma va alavu kettu thollai pannadhinga,as she said...we can understand her measurement😊😊😊)

[@selvisudersan8405]

Mom son conversation very good, of course the vepampoo rasam as well

[@rajiganeshram6454]

Super One of my favorite rasam

[@kavithskitchen288]

Fantastic recipe and I love your combo Amma and Rakesh

[@rajalajshmibalaji81]

So sweet Rama mami, I love 💕 ❤️ your show

[@shanthisurendran720]

Very nice.Veppam poo rasam is really sweet.

[@Kamalambalr]

Super rakesh your recipes are so interesting and it is so culturally thank you rakesh and Rama 👌👌😀

[@manjulasivakumar740]

Sooper thank you Rama

[@vidyaramesh5968]

Awesome Rasam..very tasty n healthy..thank u Rakesh n amma..we regularly make this..n love it

[@gayathrir7771]

Super very nice my favourite rasam

[@ALVCreations]

Lovly. In our young age, we used to have veppambu rasam twice a week in night dinner.. and also killu milagai rasam also what a simple recipes and great taste that too amma cooking taste always spl. still we follow it in my family too.. but monthly once or twice only. But what a coincidence, today I prepared killumilagai rasam only.

[@radhikasrinivasaraghavan3649]

Very nice. Super rasam!!!

[@vaishnaviswaminathan8484]

Rama vandhavudan kitchen kalai katradhu.We look forward to those explanations -that nuances of cooking- as we can learn a lot from the likes of her,who have many years of rich culinary experience. We missed her in the previous episode "paal rava kesari" though that recipe also was a good and different one.

[@vijiraja7830]

நாளைக்கு நம்மாத்தில் வேப்பம்பூ ரசம்!!😊

[@winnerguy08]

Thanks normally i used to this rasam once in 15 days

[@subhavarshini3526]

Aunty unga receipes r all sama .rakesh supporting too u in kitchen.keep it up

[@muralidharansrinivasan313]

👌

[@ss-ug9zn]

No more word wow super mom and son pls more recipe

[@muralin8612]

MAME.SUPER.

[@MrSrikanthraja]

We too make om similar lines... Few make vepamboo rasam without toor dhall

[@geethamukunthan5549]

Thank you rama Mami itry to do this sathamadhu

[@saraswathyramakrishna3044]

Very delicious mam,awesome

[@vasanthakumariramabathiran7254]

Very useful

[@sudhaam8454]

My method is i won't use rasapodi and thuvar dal. Only tamarind water with all your temper. the taste is awesome I will try this also

[@geethasrivathsan6768]

Killu mullahs rasam......அம்மா! எங்கே இருக்க இப்போ? Whenever I visited my parents, she used to make that or this veppampoo rasam n kaththarikai pachchadi. You both remind me those golden days whenever I see you two cooking.

[@malasripad7054]

Traditional aa ipdi dhaan Amma madhiri solli tharanum. Practice la dhaan nambale kathukanum. Spoon, ltr alavu laam latest aa vandhadhu dhaane. Super aa solli tharel mami.

[@malasripad7054]

Prepared today this Veppampoo Rasam first time in my life (in my kitchen) (tasted already many times but). Such a wonderful traditional method of rasam. Thanks for all the tips ma. Lastly I added oru chinna vellakatti.

[@manjulasivakumar740]

Rama enga mani payru. Oh. Sweet. Rasam sooper. Ellu milaga podi. Link erundha thango.

[@manjulasivakumar740]

Manda mandaya podadha milagaya. Haaa. Sooper rama

[@SandhyaPamulapati]

Wow 👌looks delicious, especially the nuances which is very important, to make a recipe tasty.thanks to ur mom who has the eagerness to share the tips,that goes to say she wants us to learn it perfectly. Thanks a lot.rakesh I hav been ur puliyogare Travels follower,sutralum suvaikalam I hav tried many recipes especially perumal kovil dosai has become a regular in our house.i saw ur dakshin diaries,kai manam too.pls post traditional recipes, healthy recipes .there is need for such recipes more I feel.good luck👍

[@RakeshRaghunathan]

So good to know. Thanks a lot

[@psirisha8738]

Amma kannuk teruyum alavu spoonkenna teriyum ?very nice rasam imade it today came out very well thank you waiting for more

[@ALVCreations]

Your way is different. Ll try next time.

[@gopinathannair4280]

Interesting,listening to mother and son lovely talk

[@dr.soumyasworld1177]

😍😋👍🏼

[@srilekhaguru]

Lovely... am going to try it out... after my grandma this rasam just vanished.... I shall reintroduce the same at home. Btw Wat is kadalai mavu rasam..??? Please share tat recipe too.. lockdown ... I will experiment on hubby and daughter...

[@anuvasanth3362]

Ramaji, onething i want to tell you.your hair style is t Ramaji, your hair do is the primary readiness before start cooking and i admire who ever does this kind of justice.

[@rashmisrivatsan7930]

Super. I never addToor dal or Rasam powder. My patti recipe is just Veppam poo , Tamarind pulp and red chilies. Will try this. You brought my memory of having tacchi mammu with Vathana kuzhmbu or Adivandi sathumadhu (rasam) with all my cousin s

[@ranjinimadhavan2366]

Concur on both your remarks. Was thinking the same when i was watching this. And the veppampoo rasam without dal and rasam powder is all the more amazing after 10 hours or even left over next day.

[@seethalakshmi9900]

@@ranjinimadhavan2366 S

[@chitrasubramanian610]

Lovely recipe by my mom son duo, nice homely conversation adds to d visual aroma. Stay blessed.

[@girijaswaminathan9596]

Lovely mother son bonding and the conversation. The fried vepampoo with hot rice and ghee a favorite in our family also. You can add fried manathakali also

[@seethalakshmi9900]

@@girijaswaminathan9596Sundaikai vaththal also With sesame oil👌

[@vijayaganesh1706]

அம்மாவுக்கும் பையனுக்கும் சேர்ந்து பெரிய்ய பூசணிக்காய் சுத்தி போடனும் ராகேஷ்ஷை பார்க்கும் போது என் பையன் ஞாயபகம் தான் வரது அவனும் இப்படிதான் செல்ல ரகலை பண்ணுவான் தேங்யூம்மா ரகேஷ் தம்பி

[@bhuvanamangudi]

Ramaaji, ungaloda signature appearance intha same same thala thuvattikkara chavukkam nnu naan nenaikkaren .. I love this towel ! Lots of 💕 love

[@RakeshRaghunathan]

Thank you

[@cdeepan88]

Sweet mom and son, Rakesh plz introduce the person behind the camera.

[@berthapushpanjali1083]

Lovable mother an handsome son Rakesh I watch your video awesome wow

[@vijayaganesh1706]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bhu2208]

Sooperb rasam. Will try tomorrow.

[@radhak7723]

Felt like laughing the way u and amma talking. Really nice to watch

[@preetisrinivasan3093]

WAnt to know that kadalai mavu rasam too puhleeeese

[@manjulasivakumar740]

Water alavu puli karaika tell me plse.

[@Brindasri19]

So sweet of you Rakesh! Mom-son good combo!

[@Brindasri19]

Paruppu thuvaiyal recipe please..

[@jr3920]

Thoroughly enjoyed the recipe as well as the chat.. i love the way you both talk.. reminds me of my days with my amma.. esp. dat thayir saathula nadula kuzhi panni vatha kuzhambu or sathumdhu kuthi sapda, adada divine!. Tx to you n my regards to amma😊

[@divinemantrasandtipsforhea9291]

Karuveppillai gravy super🙏

[@sudhasrinivasan3015]

Anga amma ippidiye than pannuva

[@Nalinasiva]

Loved this rasam! First time I see Thur dhal been roasted and added. Will try next time. As per Rama (mami's) words a dash of vellam would be fantastic right 😀

[@spicecurriesandmore5898]

Hai rakesh ask amma to prepare puli pongal

[@swethavidhya9911]

Namaskaram rakesh chum ma. Ammava. Kindal pannadha. Thirushti. Mami. Rasam powder. Receipie. Pl. And. Sambar. Powder. Also

[@manjulasivakumar740]

Rasapodi link plseer

[@rkgramani7896]

Nice. Fighting with mummy. Chellafight

[@mayasanthosh1950]

,, 👌👌👌🙏

[@premapandurangi2161]

Will u pl inform the name of the velampoo in english or in kannada

[@radhimadi]

Awesome as always! You should do a "Rasam series" with Amma.. especially with this lockdown where we can use simple and less ingredients, and also eat light. :) Pls do consider🙏😇

[@RakeshRaghunathan]

Sure:)

[@radhak7723]

@@RakeshRaghunathan yes. Rasam receipies series separately.

[@anandisundar3270]

People who cook do know what a small size of lemon....a good cook...mesures with intuition

[@annapooranikumar557]

Toor dal venthurkuma?

[@vijigopalan9443]

சிரிக்காம பார்க்க முடியலை

[@sudhasrinivasan3015]

Enga amma Ippadiya than pannuva

[@sumana4321]

Haha :) I think you should just let her be. We will figure out the proportions ,don't worry :) We're just stuck with the metric system of measurements that the British got us used to. Its beautiful how our grannies had an intuition and awareness in the way they cooked, how they understood concepts and methods of cooking, how they had an innate sense of proportion and way of adjusting flavours depending on the kind of produce. I think we should urge people to develop that innate sense for cooking rather than spoonfeed them with teaspoon and table spoon measurements.

[@citvish]

பச்சையாக போடுவது is called அள்ளிப் போட்டு பண்ணும் ரசம். அதை எடுத்து சாப்பிடுவதற்கு ரொம்ப நன்றாக இருக்கும் 😜😜

[@malasripad7054]

CV ma, nice to see u here. 😍

[@padmavenkat1184]

Amaam CV

[@RakeshRaghunathan]

Indeed :) thanks aunty

[@kalanarayan426]

Hi Rama, Rakesh see this kitchen. Even your body language changes when you r with mom. You become a child.vattamma pannu used to be a favourite word. Another was vlavi vidu. Love this rasam. My mom and patti used to give us their sadam kaille with onion and raw peanut vathakuzambu heavenly. I do make it. Thanks to both of you for taking me back to my roots. Rama by any chance r u related to swaminathaIyengar from Mayapuram

[@RakeshRaghunathan]

Thank you :) Ammavum Naanum is a different feel, different format and like you say is something between a mom and son. Rakesh Udan is my take on food, all that I've documented across regions, communities and religions :)

[@kalanarayan426]

@@RakeshRaghunathan nice of you to reply. I njoy both but a little more liking when Rama is there. Looking forward to all your experiences in the culinary world

[@seethalakshmi9900]

SwaminathaIyengar?

[@kalanarayan426]

@@seethalakshmi9900 yes

[@seethalakshmi9900]

@@kalanarayan426 Iyengar-l Swaminathan peyar(name) vaipaargalaa?

[@manjulasivakumar740]

700 ml

[@vijiraja7830]

Hi akka happy mng

[@sundarramans9272]

Hai Rakesh... A nice traditional recipe... Nostalgic too... It is in the menu in our house once a week... And you know what we are cousins... Your dad and my dad are first cousins.. I am Kethandapatti Chakravarthy Parthasarathy 's daughter, Mrs. Sundar Raman. Your dad and uncle Mr. Sugu are also good friends of my husband from IOB days... Such a small world, isnt it? I am following your "Ammavum Naanum" regularly and have been wanting to share this for quite some time now. Our regards to all at home... I heard your "Kalyana thenila" too. A fabulous rendering. I had commented there...

[@RakeshRaghunathan]

How lovely. Amazing how food connects :) I bet you have recipes from Kethandapatti too?

[@sundarramans9272]

@@RakeshRaghunathan yes ukkarai is one of them...

[@RakeshRaghunathan]

Really? I thought Ukkorai was more Srivilliputhur?

[@ranjanijaidev2839]

Loved this one-esp the fried tuvar dal element. Ramaa's (note : not Mami😊) kai-alavu is rather endearing. Reminds me of my Amma and Patti's style of sharing recipes. Thank you, thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@ramaraghunathan588]

Love u guys calling ,,"rama" TKS a lot, dear

[@123testhandle]

Pls unga amma appdiye kan thittame sollatum..samaika theriayadha padicha medhavigaluku puriyale nna..samaikave venam..correspondence course la swimming padichirupanga pola..

[@thilakaramaswamy1714]

Can’t stand prouncing every word of tamil sanscritized. sure you won’t know Sanskrit either. If you can’t talk tamil properly please Better narrate it in the language you get without spoiling every word. Terrible.

[@RakeshRaghunathan]

Pls be our script writer.