To serve 4-6 people.Good to eat during cold and cough.. Serve hot
- Blend the fresh coriander leaves, curry leaves, 1tablespoon of pepper, 1tablespoon of cumin seed and keep it aside.
- In a pestle crush the remaining pepper and cumin seeds.Keep aside.
- Cut tomatoes into small cubes and peel the garlic skin and cut it into small pieces.
- Now, take a thick vessel, add the cut tomatoes, add rasam powder,salt and pour little water and bring it to boil.
- Add tamarind juice once the tomatoes are cooked well.(if you add tamarind juice before itself the tomatoes will not get cooked properly)
- Once it starts boiling, add the blended mixture to it and allow it to boil for few minutes.
- Remove it from flame once the raw smell of the tamarind juice disappears.
- Now, take a small pan, add 1tbsp of ghee, mustard seeds, red chillies, garlic, curry leaves,crushed pepper and jeera powder(step 2), hing and saute it for a minute or till the mustard splutters.
- Put some coriander leaves on the top of the rasam and add the fried things to the rasam.
serve hot.