Tomato Rasam

Ingredients:

• Tomato -1medium size
• Peppercorns-7corns
• Garlic-1
• Onion-1/6
• Cilantro-garnishing
• Mustard seed-1/2 tsp
• Red chili-1
• Hing(asafetida)-a pinch
• Turmeric-1/4 tsp
• Cumin-1/2 tsp
• Curryleaves-1sprig
• Rasam powder(any store brought brand)-1/4tsp(optional)
• Oil –needed
• Salt to taste

Method:

Step1:

1.     Take kadai add chopped tomatoes and tsp of oil.

2.     Add water and boil till the tomato is squeezable.

3.     Then switch off the stove.

4.     Then squeeze the tomato and filter the juice alone and set aside.

5.     Crush peppercorn, cumin and garlic as coarse and keep it ready.

6.     Take onion (chopped),curry leaves, cilantro and red chili (broke to two piece).

7.     Take turmeric, hing, salt, rasam power ready.

Step2:

1.     Take kadai and add 2tsp of oil.

2.     When oil is hot, add mustard seed to splutter.

3.     Then add onion, curry leaves, cilantro and red chili.

4.     Toss it well then add Turmeric powder, crushed mixture .Keep in medium flame to prevent burning.

5.     Add tomato juice, salt, hing, cilantro, rasam powder and bring to boil and off the stove. Your zesty rasam is ready to taste

Hint: Don’t let rasam to boil, keep the entire ingredient aside. You can make rasam in 5to10 min maximum. You crush the peppercorn, cumin and garlic to get fresh tasty rasam .Otherwise dry cumin and peppercorn. Make powder in mixer and store it.