Tomato rasam - Thakkali rasam

Ingredients:

Tomatoes - Thakkali - 2 nos.
Tamarind - Puli - lemon size
Garlic - Poondu - 1 no.
Mustard seeds - Kadugu - 1 tea spoon
Cumin seeds - Jeeragam - 1 tea spoon
Red chilly - Kaintha milagai - 2 nos.
Curry leaves - Karuvepilai - small quantity
Coriander leaves/Cilantro - Kothamali - small quantity
Hing/Asafoetida - Perungayam - a pinch
Turmeric powder - Manjal podi - 1 tea spoon
Rasam powder - Rasam podi - 1 table spoon
Salt - Uppu - for taste
Oil/Ghee - for tempering

Method:

Make tomato puree. Wash and put tomatoes in hot water and remove skin from it. Smash it in mixer/blender and extract puree. Make tamarind paste and extract puree. Keep other ingredients ready. Heat oil/ghee in a kadai/pan, splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilly, curry leaves, now add minced garlic, hing, tomato puree, tamarind extract, salt and let it boil for some 5 minutes. Now add rasam powder, turmeric powder and mix it well. Allow it to boil for 10 minutes and finally garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with any rice items. All kind of vada can be soaked in rasam and rasa vada is ready. This can be served for 4 persons. This requires 20 minutes to prepare.

Note: Remove dust particles from tamarind. Tomato seeds can also be removed as it is not good for men. Rasam powder I have mentioned how to prepare in Podi varieties. If you have excess water after cooking dal or vegetables you can make use of it to make rasam. It will taste good and also healthy.

Optional: If we want only tomato taste, tamarind need not be added as it will increase the sour content. Fenugreek seeds or fenugreek powder can be added for taste.

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Ginger Soup - Inji rasam

Ingredients:

Ginger - Inji - small quantity
Green chilly - Pachai milagai - 1 no.
Tomato - Thakkali - 1 no.
Mustard seeds - Kadugu - 1 tea spoon
Coriander leaves - Kothamali - small quantity
Asafoetida - Perungayam - a pinch
Rasam powder - Rasam podi - 1 table spoon
Turmeric powder - Manjal podi - 1 tea spoon
Salt - Uppu - 1 table spoon
Oil for frying

Method:

Wash and squeeze tomatoes. Peel off the skin from ginger and smash coarsely. Keep other ingredients ready. Heat oil in a pan/kadai, add asafoetida, splutter mustard seeds, add tomatoe, ginger, green chilly (slit into two pieces). Add little turmeric powder, rasam powder and salt. Mix well. Add water if required. Finally add chopped coriander leaves.

Ginger rasam is delicious and ready to be served. It can be had like soup or along with white rice. It can be served for 3 persons. It takes some 15 minutes to prepare.

Note: Since green chilly and ginger are added rasam powder can be reduced a little.

Optional: Ingredients can be added/removed.

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