Easy Rasam

Ingredients Required
Tamarind	Lemon Sized
Tomato	2
Garlic	5 Cloves
Black Pepper Corns	2 tsp
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder	1 tsp
Coriander powder	1 tsp
Turmeric Powder	½ tsp
Cooked yellow pigeon peas / toor dal	½ cup
Mustard seed	1 tsp
Dry red chillies	2
Asafoetida	¼ tsp
Oil	3 tsp
* Serves 3

Procedure:

Step 0.     ~Soak the tamarind in a cup of water and set aside for 15-20 minutes and extract the juice.

                 ~Finely chop tomatoes.

                 ~Coarsely crush the garlic, pepper corns and cumin seeds

Step 1.     Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Add the dry red chillies and asafoetida. 

Step 2.     Add the coarsely ground garlic, pepper corns and cumin seeds mixture to the pan and fry for a minute.

Step 3.     Add the finely chopped tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes are mushy.

Step 4.     After the tomatoes are cooked, add the red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Cook for a minute.

Step 5.     Add the tamarind extract into the pan along with 2 cups of water and the cooked toor dal.

Step 5.     Turn off the heat when the rasam starts to froth on the top.

Experiment Result: 

Simple and easy rasam!

Note:

Enjoy the rasam as a soup or serve with hot rice!

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