MANGLORE STYLE RASAM

Ingredients

50 gm Tuvar dal

20 gm Tamrind

1 big Tomato chopped

2-3 Green chilli slit

Salt

2 ½ tsp Rasam powder

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

For Tempering

1 tsp ghee

1 dry red chilli

1 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp black gram dal

Method

• Pressure cook tuvar dal with 1 cup of  water and a pinch of turmeric powder for 10 minutes. When   cold mash well.
• Soak tamarind in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes. Squeeze and strain out the liquid.
• Boil tamarind water with turmeric powder, slit green chilli, chopped tomato and salt till the raw smell of tamarind disappears and the tomatoes are well cooked.
• Add the mashed dal , 2 ½ cups of water and then rasam powder and boil for 5 minutes till slightly thick.
• Add curry leaves and coriander leaves. Remove from heat.
• Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, red chilli and black gram dal. When mustard seeds splutter add hing and pour the tempering over the Rasam.