Name: Simple Tomato Rasam
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 1/2 tsp Black pepper; 1/4 tsp Coriander powder; 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder; Coriander leaves (A few); 1 lemon Tamarind; 1 ripe Tomato (medium); 2 nos Garlic pods; 3 tsp Cooked red gram (optional, Thuvaraparippu); 2 tsp Oil; 2 nos Red chillies; Curry leaves; 1/4 tsp Asafoetida (Kaayam)

Simple Tomato Rasam

Rasam

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1/2 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
1/2 tsp Black pepper
1/4 tsp Coriander powder
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
Coriander leaves A few
1 lemon Tamarind
1 ripe Tomato medium
2 nos Garlic pods
3 tsp Cooked red gram optional, Thuvaraparippu
2 tsp Oil
2 nos Red chillies
Curry leaves
1/4 tsp Asafoetida Kaayam

Instructions

Slice the tomatoes and mash them nicely in a pan.
Add turmeric to this and add 1 1/2 cups of water and boil until the raw smell goes from the tomato.
Crush cumin seeds, black pepper and garlic coarsely and add this to the tomato.
Extract the pulp from the tamarind and make about 1 cup of extract.
Add this to the tomato water.
Add the coriander powder and red chilli powder and add about 1 cup of water.
:- If you have cooked red gram, then crush it nicely in about 1/4 cup water and add this.
Bring this to a boil and add the coriander leaves and take it off the flame.
To garnish, heat oil and then add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add broken red chillies and curry leaves. When they turn little crisp, add asafoetida and add this to the above rasam.
:- Rasam is ready!!!
:- If you do the garnish in little ghee instead of oil, it gives a different flavour and smell.

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Simple Tomato Rasam