Tomato garlic rasam

Serves-3 to 4

Ingredients:

• Tomato -2&1/2 nos
• Garlic -7 to 8 nos
• Green chilli -2
• Coriander leaves-2 tbsp
• Tamarind - gooseberry size
• Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
• Jaggery-1/8 tsp ( optional)
• Ghee- 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds-1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves-1
• Asafoetida- 1/4 tsp
• Rasam powder -1&1/2 tsp
• Jaggery-1/8 tsp ( optional)
• Salt- to taste

Method:

• In a kadai add ghee and temper with mustard seeds,curry leaves and asafoetida.
• Now add roughly ground garlic,green chilli mixture( just give two pulses in your mixer)
• Cook for about a min and add finely chopped tomato.
• Cook till tomato turns mushy. Then add rasam powder,turmeric powder, coriander leaves ,required salt. Cook for about  a min .
• Extract tamarind juice by adding 2 cups of water to the tamarind. ( Add more water if required).
• Add this tamarind water to the cooked tomato.
• When it is about to boil,turn off the flame. 
• Serve hot.

Notes:

• Can be served as appetizer.