Rasam

Rasam from scratch - heavenly with paruppu, appalam and uralakalangu!! It is easy to make !!

Ingredients

Grind:
2 Tomatoes on the vine
3/4 spoon pepper
1.5 spoons Jeera
5 cloves of garlic
4 curry leaves
1/2 handful cilantro

For saute:
mustard
asafoetida
red chillies-2

1/4 lime size tamarind

Procedure
1. Heat sesame oil in a pan.Add mustard, red chillies curry leaves and asafoetida.
2. Add the mix ground above.Saute for 5 minutes or so. the color of the mix will change and the raw smell will go away.
3. If needed, you can added the tamarind as well with some water.(I also add one spoon rasam powder and half spoon saambhar powder that my mom makes for more flavor.)
4. Add ghee if you want its delightful aroma
5. Dont let the mix come to a boil (if you did not add tamarind) .Remove from heat once froth appears.