TOMATO RASAM

One of the daily menu items in our daily food this rasam finds place in all south indian households.My family is not an exception and I do make one rasam variety or the other each single day.Rasam is a comfort food to many and tomato rasam here is so easy to make fast to do is that it will appear as child’s play.I have quite a few rasam recipes in my blog but this one is the usual variety which I end up preparing most of th etime,but was not there in my blog.So here goes Tomato Rasam recipe.

INGREDIENTS

Tomato	1 big size
Tamarind	a gooseberry shaped ball
Cooked Tur Dal	1/4 cup
Sambhar powder	1 tsp
Salt	to taste
Jeera/Cumin	1/4 tsp
Mustard	1/4 tsp
Asafoetida	a pinch
Oil	1/2 tsp
Coriander Leaves	a few

HOW TO MAKE

• Soak tamarind in water and extract juice.cut a tomato and place it in the blender,

• Blend tomato into juice.In a vessel add this juice.

• Add sambhar powder,salt and asafoetida to the above mixture.Give it a nice boil.

• Cook tur dal and mash well.Add both dal and it’s water to the boiling rasam.

• In a tempering laddle add oil followed mustard and jeera.Once it crackles pour the tempering in the rasam.

• Garnish with coriander leaves.

• Tomato Rasam is ready to be served.Enjoy with hot steaming rice and any vegetable of your choice.

 

Notes

• After switching off you can add teaspoon of pepper and cumin powder for more flavour.
• Tempering in ghee gives extra taste.
• You can serve in soup bowl an denjoy it as a starter.

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