Tomato Rasam "...............................kammati charu"

Hi!Tomato Rasam is a very regular diet in the South Indian household.This is one of my favorite rasam.The tomatoes in this rasam can be kept as pieces or ground into a puree or both. Serve it with hot rice, topped with ghee and a South Indian vegetable of your choice, like bhendi fry, carrot curry etc. Simply delicious.

Ingredients
Tomatoes - 3
Green chillies - 2
Salt
Turmeric
Garlic pods - 2
Cumin seeds(crushed)
Pepper corns(crushed)
Corriander leaves
Rasam powder(optional)

For Tempering(thalimpu)
oil
Jeera
Red chillies
Mustard seeds
Hing
Curry leaves

Procedure
1. Boil the tomatoes till the skin separates from the inner part.

2. let it cool,take out the skin and mash or grind the pulp.

3. To the pulp add tomato pieces,water,salt,turmeric,greenchillies,garlic(crushed),jeera,peppercorns(crushed),and let it boil for 10 mins.
4. For tempering, heat oil, add mustard seeds, jeera ,curry leaves,red chillies once they crackle add garlic,Hing. Fry little and add it to the tomato rasam.
5. Finally add corriander leaves.

Your Tomato rasam is ready to serve with rice....hmm..yummy......:)


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