Global Cookery

Tomato Rasam recipe

Ingredients

Tomatoes - 3 small
Thoor dhal - 1/2 cup
Rasam Powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Curry leaves - some
Chopped coriander - some

Instructions

Cook the dhal in 1 cup water. Put the tomatoes in a cup of hot water and cover. After 5 minutes, peel the skin and mash it well. Add 1/2 cup more water, rasam powder, salt, curry leaves and asafetida and boil for 5 - 8 minutes. Add the cooked dhal and dilute with 2 to 2-1/2 cups of water. Boil for some more time. Garnish with the chopped coriander leaves and add spluttered mustard and jeeragam as said earlier.