Veggies Magic

Recipe for Rasam:

Ingredients:

Tomatoes- 2
Tamarind- small lemon size
Garlic- 4 flakes
Red chillies- 2
Mustard- 1 tsp
Rasam powder- 1 tspe (homemade or store bought)
Pinch of turmeric
Pinch of asafoetida
Curry leaves- 5 to 6
Fresh coriander- 1 tsp

Procedure:

• Soak the tamarind in lukewarm water for five minutes.
• Squeeze the pulp and dilute it, by adding two cups of water.
• Chop the tomatoes into big chunks.
• Crush the garlic and keep aside.
• To the tamarind water add the tomato chunks, salt, asafoetida, turmeric, crushed garlic and rasam powder.
• Bring it to boil, over a low flame for 15 minutes.
• In a separate skillet, add a spoon of oil and do the seasoning with mustard seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.
• Add this seasoning, to the boiling rasam. Stir well and garnish with some fresh coriander.

Serve it hot with some steamed rice and a papad.

Note: There were no curry leaves at home, at the time of preparation. So, they were omitted from my rasam.