Rasam Recipe/Tomato Rasam

      Tomato Rasam is a flavourful soup with tomatoes ,spices,tamarind cooked in low flame.There are many rasam recipe variations like puli (tamarind) rasam,lemon rasam,paruppu(lentils) rasam,pineapple rasam,Kollu(horsegram) rasam,Tomato rasam.
     Among all of the above i do only 2-3 rasam recipe variation.Rasam especially served for breastfeeding mothers and toddlers..I sometimes avoid tamarind and use lemon/lime instead.Whenever there is non-veg items in home my mom defenitely makes this Tomato rasam.
    This Tomato Rasam has pepper which aids digestion ,Jeera  which soothes stomach....But whatever variety of rasam you prepare it is very very light .
    You can use rasam powder which is more easier when you are in a hurry preparing meals for lunch box.But instant rasam is more handy when you don't have rasam powder .

Preparation time:5 min
Cooking time:10 min
Serves:2-3

Ingredients:

• 1 ripe tomato.
• 1 garlic.
• 1/4 tsp Tamarind paste.
• 2 cups water
• salt as required
• Pinch of turmeric.

To grind:

• 1 tsp Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Jeera
• 2 red chili

To garnish:

• few coriander leaves.

To temper:

• 1/2 tsp jeera.
• 1/2 tsp Oil .

Method:

• Cut the tomatoes and mash them with your hands or else you can pressure cook the tomatoes and garlic for a whistle. 
• Grind pepper,jeera,chili together to a coarse/fine powder.
• Mix tomatoes ,ground powder,salt ,tamarind well.
• Temper the saute pan with jeera and  add the rasam mixture to it .
• Cook in low fire for 10 min-15 min or until it comes to a boil 
•  Garnish with coriander leaves.

Note:

• If you want to avoid tomatoes while eating peel of them skin of tomatoes and mash them well and add it to water .This is called blanching the tomatoes.
• You can avoid tamarind and use lime juice instead.
• Before rasam boils check  salt,spice  and sourness.

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