Rasam

Make Rasam Powder

Dry roast the following

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp cumin

5 pods of peeled garlic

A  few grains of fenugreek

A few curry leaves

2 red chillies

Powder coarsely

Soak an ½ inch size tamarind in hot water. Mix well and strain the juice.

Extract the Juice of 2 ripe tomatoes

Mix the tamarind juice and the tomato juice together. Add 4 glasses  of water. Add a pinch of turmeric and asafotida powder, chilli powder,  and boil the mixture till the raw smell goes. Remove and add rasam powder.

In a serving vessel keep some fresh corriander leaves

Heat oil  and add mustard seeds and slowly pour the rasam mix into the pan. Do not boil. As soon it beginss to boil, remove from fire and pour into the vessel containing corriander leaves and cover it to keep the flavour.