InstantFoodBot: South Indian Rasam

 Greetings Food Lovers!

Today, I used my ChatGPT powered Bot called InstantFoodBot, dedicated to creating Vegetarian Recipes using an Instant Pot Cooker. Feel free to follow my bot on Poe.com. 

Here is a recipe it generated for South Indian Rasam. 

I welcome the reader to try this recipe with me, as well, and post your experiences in the chat.

In case any of the ingredients, listed below, are not available in your kitchen, please feel free to ask my other ChatGPT powered Bot called FoodSubstitute to get alternate ingredient(s) you could use.

South Indian Rasam

Here's a recipe for making rasam using MTR rasam powder in an Instant Pot:

Ingredients:

- 1/2 cup Toor dal (pigeon peas)

- 2 tomatoes, chopped

- 1 tbsp tamarind paste

- 2 tsp MTR rasam powder

- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

- Salt, to taste

- 2 cups water

- 1 tbsp ghee

- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds

- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds

- 1/4 tsp asafoetida (Hing)

- 1-2 dried red chilies

- A few curry leaves

- Fresh cilantro, chopped (for garnish)

Instructions

1. Rinse the Toor dal and set it aside.
2. Set the Instant Pot to sauté mode and heat the ghee.
3. Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, dried red chilies, and curry leaves. 
4. Sauté for a few seconds until the mustard seeds start to splutter. 
5. Then press the Cancel button.
6. Add the rinsed Toor dal, chopped tomatoes, tamarind paste, MTR rasam powder, turmeric powder, salt, and water.
7. Close the Instant Pot lid and set it to manual pressure cook mode for 12 minutes.
8. Once the cooking process is complete, allow the pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes before manually releasing any remaining pressure.
9. Open the lid and give the rasam a stir.
10. Let the rasam simmer on sauté mode for a few minutes until it reaches the desired consistency.
11. Turn off the Instant Pot and garnish with chopped cilantro.

Enjoy your delicious and flavorful rasam made using MTR rasam powder in the Instant Pot! You can adjust the amount of spices and tamarind paste to your liking. You can also add other vegetables, such as carrots or spinach, to make the rasam more nutritious.