Madras Rasam

Ingredients

1/2 cup toor dal
1 lemon size ball tamarind juice extracted.
1 tomato
1/2 onion chopped
3 green chillies slit
1 tsp chilli pwd
1/2 tsp turmeric
2 tsp MTR madras rasam pwd
few curry leafs
few chopped cilantro
2 garlic pods crushed
2 dry red chillies broken into half
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp jeera
few methi seeds
pinch of sugar
pinch of hing
salt

Method:

Boil the toor dal until soft ,let it cool

Once cool put the toor dal n chopped tomatoes into the blender n grind until smooth.

Put this mixture into a pan on medium heat.

To this add the chopped onions,slit green chillis,few curry leafs,few cilantro leaves.

Also add the tamarind juice along with some water until u get ur desired cocnsistency,along with turmeric,salt n red chilli pwd.

Once it starts to come to a boil,add the rasam pwd n pinch of sugar.

Next in a seperate pan heat some ghee/oil on medium heat, add the mustard seeds,jeera,methi seeds,dry red chillies,few curry leaves n crushed garlic n hing.

Add this tadka to the boiled rasam n immediately cover it with a lid n switch off the stove.

After some time remove lid n garnish it with cilantro.

Serve hot with rice n papad's.