TOMATO DAL RASAM
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 5
 
Ingredients
  • Toor dal – 2 tbsp
  • Tomatoes – 2 chopped finely
  • Green chillis – 2 sliced
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
  • Sambhar Powder – 1 Tbsp
  • Rasam Powder – 1 tbsp
  • Tamarind –lemon sized
  • sugar -1tsp
  • salt – 2 tbsp ( as needed)To blend:
  • 1 inch ginger
  • Pepper balls – 10
  • Red chillis – 3, broken
  • Garlic – 7
  • Jeera – ½ tbspTo Temper:
  • Oil/ Ghee/ Butter – 1 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1tsp
  • Curry leaves – 10
  • Asafetida/Hing – a Pinch
  • Coriander Leaves – ½ cup
Instructions
  1. Soak the tamarind in water for five minutes and remove the juice from it Boil the toor dal in one cup of water for ten minutes on the stove in simmer.
  2. Now drop the chopped tomatoes,salt and green chillies on that and boil it for five mins.
  3. Now drop the turmeric powder, sambhar powder, rasam powder and tamarind paste. Boil this for ten mins in medium heat.
  4. There will be bubbles formed now around this time. Just drop the sugar and switch off.
  5. Blend the mixture that is listed as “to blend” coarsely. Do not grind them soft. You can either use blender or use a pestle and mortar to grind them.
  6. Now take a small pan, pour the ghee/oil, drop the mustard seeds, and wait till it crackles. And now add the blended mixture and sauté for a minute and switch off. Drop this on top of the rasam and garnish with coriander leaves.
Notes
1. You can do this same recipe without dal as well. Just skip the second step and go to the third step.
2. If you do not have rasam powder, skip it.
3. When you gring the mixture under “to blend” , grind them coarsely. You want to taste those spices in your mouth.
4. Adding sugar will boast the flavors.
5. If you want it less spicy, reduce the sambhar powder, rasam poswer and peppers by half.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/tomato-dal-rasam-tomato-soup/