Simple Rasam, a south indian delicacy

Tomorrow I will be posting the recipe for simple but yummy rasam.... watch out

Here you go.....

Simple Rasam
Ingredients (all in US size):
1 big ripe round tomato (not very big) - finely chopped
3 flakes of Garlic (big cloves) – crushed / smashed
1 tsp Jeera powder
½ tsp Pepper powder
¼ tsp Jeera
Litttle Mustard
Little Asafoetida (Ingu)
Little Turmeric powder
1 tsp tamarind paste – mixed in the water
2 tsp Oil (Preferably Gingely oil – Sesame oil)
Curry Leaves
3 Red chillies - broken
Coriander Leaves
Salt as required
3 cups of water (2 cups regular water and 1 cup of rice washed water)

Method:
In a pan, put the oil, heat it, put the mustard and allow it to split. When it starts spluttering, put the jeera, fry, put the curry leaves, red chillies, crushed garlic and fry. Add the tomatoes, add little salt and turmeric powder. Allow the tomato to cook finely. Add the jeera powder and pepper powder, fry for a while. Once the tomato is cooked, add the tamarind water, rice washed water, add required salt. See the taste for salt and keep in medium flame. When the rasam just about to boil put the coriander leaves and close with lid and switch off. The rasam is ready.