Ingredients
Five Tomatoes
2 cups - Toor dal or any dal of your choice
Finely chopped Coriander leaves
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Tamarind juice- One Small Ball
Pepper powder- ¼ tsp
Jeera powder- ¼ tsp
Garlic- 4 cloves (Optional)
Turmeric powder- a pinch
Salt to taste
For seasoning
Mustard seeds- few
Jeera- ¼ tsp
Red chilli- 1
Asafoetida- a pinch
Curry leaves- a few
Oil - 2tsp
Preparation
Method:
Blend four tomatoes and all spices until you get a thick creamy paste and keep aside. Wash dal/pulses and keep in pressure cooker upto the count of 3 or microwave until it becomes mashable. In a pan, pour 1 tsp oil or ghee and pour the blended tomato-spice mixure After 2 minutes, pour one cup of water to the pan. Take a small ball of tamarind and place it in a mug of water that can be microwaved upto 30 seconds. Take the tamarind from the mug and squeeze all the juice into the water and mix well Chop the extra tomato and add to the pan and add the remaining tamarind juice After 2 mins, mash the cooked dal and add to pan. Take another pan, pour one spoon of oil and add the mustard seeds and the rest of the seasoning after the seeds break Pour this mixture into the rasam pan Your Rasam is ready.
