Easiest Way to Make Delicious Tomato Rasam

Tomato Rasam.

You can have Tomato Rasam using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Tomato Rasam

1. You need of Tomatoes (medium) -.
2. Prepare of Black pepper -.
3. Prepare of Cumin seeds -.
4. It's of Mustard seeds -.
5. It's of urad dal Split -.
6. Prepare of chillies Whole dried red -.
7. You need of Turmeric powder -.
8. It's of Curry leaves - few.
9. Prepare of Coriander leaves - few (for garnishing).
10. It's of Ginger - piece.
11. Prepare of Garlic -.
12. Prepare of Oil -.
13. It's of Hinge (Asofetida) -.

Tomato Rasam step by step

1. Boil the tomatoes(with 2 cups of water) in a vessel covered with lid, for 5 minutes..
2. Dry grind the pepper and cumin seeds. This will be the rasam powder(masala). 1/2 of this powder is good enough for the rasam. If you want the rasam to be extra spicy add all the rasam masala powder..
3. Filter the water from the boiled tomatoes and keep the water aside..
4. Mash the tomatoes with a vegetables masher. If there is any tomato skin not mashed, separate it out and grind it along with ginger and garlic coarsely..
5. In a vessel (good enough to hold 6 cups of water) add the mashed tomato and the water saved from the boil tomatoes and bring it to a boil on medium heat..
6. Reduce the temperature to low and add turmeric powder, rasam powder and the coarsely ground ginger garlic and give it a mix..
7. Add 2 more cups of water, meanwhile do seasoning with 1 tsp of oil, mustard seeds, split urad dal, curry leaves, dry red chilli and hinge..
8. Add this seasoning to the rasam that's about to boil..
9. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and remove from stove..
10. Aromatic, tongue tickling tomato rasam is ready to be tasted..