Simple, Easy To Make Rasam

• 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- 1/4 tsp
• Jeera powder- 1/4 tsp
• Garlic- 4 cloves (Optional)
• Turmeric powder- a pinch
• Salt to taste
• For seasoning
• Mustard seeds- few
• Jeera- 1/4 tsp
• Red chilli- 1
• Asafoetida- a pinch
• Curry leaves- a few
• Oil - 2tsp

1. Method:
2. Blend four tomatoes and all spices until you get a thick creamy paste and keep aside.
3. Wash dal/pulses and keep in pressure cooker upto the count of 3 or microwave until it becomes mashable.
4. In a pan, pour 1 tsp oil or ghee and pour the blended tomato-spice mixure
5. After 2 minutes, pour one cup of water to the pan.
6. Take a small ball of tamarind and place it in a mug of water that can be microwaved upto 30 seconds.
7. Take the tamarind from the mug and squeeze all the juice into the water and mix well
8. Chop the extra tomato and add to the pan and add the remaining tamarind juice
9. After 2 mins, mash the cooked dal and add to pan.
10. Take another pan, pour one spoon of oil and add the mustard seeds and the rest of the seasoning after the seeds break
11. Pour this mixture into the rasam pan
12. Your Rasam is ready.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/simple-easy-to-make-rasam-50074391 (may not work)