Tomato & crushed garlic rasam

Tomato & crushed garlic rasam - preparation time 15 mins

Occasionally mom used to make this because it taste differently (i.e. combined taste of tomato and garlic). Last week when i prepared this rasam my husband liked it. You might like this try it out.

Ingredients:-
Tomato - 1
Coriander fresh leaves - 3 or 4 strings
Cumin seed (Jeera) - ½ tbsp
Coriander seed (dhania) - ½ tbsp
Green Chili - 2
Asafoetida - ½ tbsp
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Curry leaves - 1 string (chop the leaves finely)
Garlic pods - 6 (with skin)
Salt - to taste
Turmeric - ¼ tsp
Cooked toor dhal - 3 tbsp (add this to 100 ml of water and mix well)
Sesame oil - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 3 or 4
Ghee - 1 tbsp

Preparation method:-
Roast dhania, jeera, chili and grind to coarse powder.
Slight sortae tomato , green chili with 1/2 tsp of oil.
In a vessel add 100 ml of water, turmeric, tomato, green chili, rasam powder, tamarind paste & salt.
Boil this till raw smell of tamarind goes off.
Once it is done add the dhal water and switch of before it starts boiling. Now crush the garlic (with skin) and add to rasam. Keep the vessel closed so the smell will be retained.
In a tawa add ghee, ½ tsp cumin seed. Once it splutters add pepper, asafoetida, curry leaves and add to rasam.
This rasam can be taken with rice. Some people will be tempted to drink as soup. Take as you like.