Tomato rasam

Tomato rasam

Ingredients:

5-6 shallots

A small piece of ginger

4-5 cloves garlic

1 green chilli

Curry leaves

A small pinch of tamarind

2 medium sized tomatoes

Salt to taste

½ teaspoon turmeric powder

½ teaspoon chilli powder

A little bit of garam masala powder

½ teaspoon pepper powder

2 tablespoons mustard oil

½ teaspoon cumin

½ teaspoon mustard seeds

2 small dried red chillies

Malli leaves (optional)

Preparation

Grind tomatoes in a mixer. Pound shallots, ginger, garlic, green chilli and curry leaves in a mortar and pestle.
Squeeze tamarind with some water and filter it. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder and pepper powder to the tamarind water. Heat mustard oil in a pan. Add cumin and mustard seeds and let them splutter.
Add pounded ginger, garlic, shallots and green chilli. Add curry leaves and saute until fragrant. Add dried red chillies and saute until fragrant, Add the tamarind water mixture and let it boil. Add salt to taste. Garnish with malli leaves (optional).

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