TOMATO RASAM

Ingredients

1.      Tomato puree – 1 cup

2.      Tamarind -1 lemon size

3.      Garlic crushed -1 dsp

4.      Ginger -1 inch piece (crushed)

5.      Turmeric powder -1tsp

6.      Red chilly powder -1 tsp

7.      Pepper powder -2 tsp

8.      Rasam powder -2 tbsp

9.      Asafoiteda -a pinch

10.  Mustard seed -1tsp

11.  Dry red chilly -2

12.  Curry leaves - a few

13.  Oil – 2 tbsp (coconut oil or ghee )

14.  Jaggery -1tbsp(optional, use as needed according to your taste)

Method

1.Soak the tamarind in little warm water and make it into a pulp. 

2.Heat oil in a pan, add items 10-12, when mustard start spluttering add the powders 5-9 and  sauté till the raw smell goes. 

3.To the above add garlic, ginger, tomato puree, tamarind pulp and 5 cups of water and salt. 

4.Bring to boil lower the flame and boil for 10-15 minutes finally add curry leaves and jaggery. 

5.Serve hot with rice.