Tomato Rasam Recipe

Ingredients :

✤ Tamrind  - 1 small Gooseberry Size
✤ Tomato - 1 big size
✤ Sambar Powder - 1 tbsp
✤ Jeera Powder - ½ tbsp
✤ Pepper Powder - ½ tbsp
✤ Turmeric Powder - ¼ tbsp
✤ Salt - As required
✤ Asafoetida (Hard)  - small cube
✤ Toor dhal - 50g.
✤ Corriander leaves

To tamper :

🍃 Ghee - 2 tbsp
🍃 Mustard - 1 tbsp
🍃 Jeera - ¼ tbsp
🍃 Curry leaves - 1 spring
🍃 Red Chilly - 1


Preparation time : 5 Mins.

Cooking Time : 20 Mins. 

Serving Qty. : 4 Persons

How to make Rasam :

☛ Soak the tamarind in water for 15 min. 

☛ Pressure cook the toor dhal and smash it well. 

☛ Extract the tamarind juice and filter it using tea strainer to remove unwanted particles.

☛ Add required water with the tamarind extract juice to make it 3 cups.

☛ Chop the tomato into small pieces.

☛ Add Chopped tomato, Sambar powder, Jeera powder, Pepper powder, Turmeric, Salt, Asafoetida and torn curry leaves in a vessel.

☛ Switch on the Stove and keep the vessel on the stove in medium flame.

☛ Allow 10 mins. to boil and the quantity of water level become half.

☛ Now add smashed Toor dhal with 2 cups of water and pour it in the Rasam mix.

☛ Switch off the flame until the bubbles come on the top of the Rasam. Don’t allow it to boil. 

☛ Tamper the items given in to tamper column and add it in the Rasam.

☛ Garnish with fresh Corriander leaves gives you best aroma. 

Enjoy the tomato rasam with hot steamed rice

added with 1 tbsp of Ghee…