Ingredients :
Tamarind - 1 small gooseberry size
Tomato - 1
Rasa powder / sambar powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
hing -little
Thur dal - 1 tsp
Garlic - 2 pods (optional)
Curry leaves, coriander leaves- for garnishing
Red chillies - 2
Tempering :
Kadugu - 1 tsp
Method:
In a vessel pour the tamarind juice , add the cut tomato, salt , rasam powder , hing, thur dal ( as it is -- not cooked dal ) , garlic ( optional ) and cook till the raw smell of tamarind, rasam powder vanishes .Add the required water and allow to froth the rasam.Temper the kadugu , red chillies , curry leaves in ghee , Garnish with fresh coriander leaves . This is easy and quick, tasty rasam .