Bachelor Cooking # 25 - Garlic Rasam

Garlic Rasam Recipe

Ingredients needed 

Tamarind- small gooseberry size (soak it in 1 1/2 cups of warm water)
Garlic -6 cloves peeled and crushed
Tomato -1
Salt as required

For grinding
Whole black pepper -1 tsp
Cumin seeds -1 tsp
Toor dal -1 tsp
Dry grind the above to a coarse powder.

For the seasoning
Ghee -1 tsp
Mustard -1/2 tsp
Cumin/jeera seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - little

Method

• Take tamarind extract (about 1 1/2 cups) and add chopped tomatoes, salt, curry leaves, garlic and the grounded powder.
• Boil till the raw smell goes.
• Then add 2 cups of water and when you see froth forming at the top, switch off the gas .
• Heat a tsp of ghee, add the ingredients for seasoning and pour it over the rasam.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• You can have it with hot rice.

Cheers!