Tomato Rasam – The Great Indian Spicery

Ingredients

• Coriander stems – with or without leaves
• ⅓ cup
• Garlic cloves
• Ginger chopped
• 1 inch
• Cumin seeds
• 2 tsp
• Black peppercorns
• ¼ tsp
• Chopped tomatoes
• 1-2 cups
• Mustard seeds – black
• ½ tsp
• Urad dal – husked, split or husked, whole black gram
• 1 tsp
• Dry red chillies
• 2 pc
• Asafoetida
• A pinch
• Salt
• 1-2 tsp (as required)
• Curry leaves
• 7-8pc
• Turmeric
• Water
• 1.5 cups
• Chopped coriander leaves
• ½ cup
• Rasam powder
• 1 ½ tsp
• Tamarind paste
• 3 tbsp
• Cooking oil as per choice
• 1 tbsp