Rasam-Quick Recipe

Its a quick rasam recipe….

Ingredients:

• Tomato-1 (medium)
• Garlic-5 cloves(crushed)
• Pepper powder-1 tspoon
• Rasam powder-3 tspoon
• Asafoetida powder-1/2 tspoon
• Salt to taste
• Tamarind 
• Oil-1 tspoon
• Coriander leaves-1 sprig

To temper:

• Dry red chilly-3
• Cumin seed-1/2 tspoon
• Mustard
• Curry leaves-1 pinch
• Oil-1 tspoon

Preparation:

(1) Chop tomato and crush garlic. Keep it aside.

(2) Soak tamarind in water and extract the juice. Take 3 cup of water in a vessel. Add tamarind juice and salt to it. Mix it and keep aside.

(3) Heat oil in a pan. Add crushed garlic. Stir it. Once the color changes add chopped tomato. Stir it till tomato changes mushy.

(4) Add it to the tamarind water that you prepared and heat it for 5 to 6 minutes. Add rasam powder and asafoetida powder.

(5) Mean while season with the ingredients shown under "to temper" heading.

(6) Pour the seasoned ingredients to rasam mixture. Heat it for another 2 minutes. Add pepper powder. Add coriander leaves to garnish(i didn't used).Mix it and switch off the flame.Now tomato rasam is ready(Don't allow rasam to boil).