Rasam

Rasam:

Serves: 4

Preperation Time: 30 Minutes

Ingredients:

1. Tamarind - small lime size ball
2. Bottle gourd chopped - 1o small peices
3. Onions chopped - 1
4. Green chillies - 2
5. Water - 1 cup
6. Tomotoes chopped - 1
7. Ginger garlic paste -1/2 tsp
8. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
9. Shredded cocunut - 2 tsp
10. Sugar - 1/4 tsp
11. Sambar powder - 1 tsp
12. Dhania powder - 1/4 tsp
13. Salt - 1/4 tsp
14. Oil - 2 tsp
15. Garlic chopped - 2
16. Red chillie powder - 1/4 tsp
17. Curry leaves - 6
18. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
19. Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
20. Coriander leaves - 6
21. Mustard - 1/4 tsp
22. Urad Dal - 1/4 tsp

Method:

Extract the pulp of tamarind by soaking it in a cup of water.

Cut Bottle gourd,tomotoes,onions in to small peices and also cut green chillies vertically and then add all these to the extracted tamaraind water.

Now add Ginger garlic paste,Turmeric powder,Grated coconut,Pinch of sugar,Sambar powder,Daniya powder,and Salt and then heat these in a medium size pan by adding little more water in it.

Here you can even add Red chilli powder for more spice.

Boil all until the vegetables are completely soft.

Take a seperate pan in which add oil and heat it for a minute and then add Cumin seeds,Urad dal,Mustard,Chopped garlic pieces,Red chillies,Asafoetida and Coriander leaves to it.This procedure is called as tadka!!!

Finally add the tadka to the Rasam and mix well and then start eating this yummy rasam esp in the winter time:-)