Rasam with fresh ground rasam powder

Ingredients

• 1/2 tbsp Tamarind (gooseberry sized )
• 1 Tomato
• 1/2 cup watery cooked dal (or dal cooked water)
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves
• Salt
• 2 Red chilli
• 5 Black Pepper
• 2 tsp Toor dal
• 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Ghee
• 1 tsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Mustard
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 Red chilli
• 1 pinch Asafoetida
• 1 sprig Curry leaves

Instructions

1. 1

   Soak tamarind in hot water for minimum 20 mins. Extract tamarind juice from it. Adjust total to be 2 & 1/2 cups - 3 cups.

2. 2

   In a kadai/ pan, heat ghee and roast red chilli, pepper, toor dal, coriander seeds until dal turns golden.Cool down and powder it with cumin seeds.

3. 3

   Take tamarind extract, add chopped tomato and coriander leaves to it.

4. 4

   Boil for 2 minutes, add the ground fresh rasam powder.

5. 5

   Add salt, toor dal cooked water. When it again boils and becomes frothy top, switch off the flame.

6. 6

   In a pan again heat 1 tsp oil, splutter mustard. Add torn red chillies, cumin seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves to it.

7. 7

   Add to rasam.