Andhra Rasam / Chaaru

Ingredients:-

Tomotoes 2 (Medium size)

Tamarind (Medium lemon size quantity)

Water 6 cups

Talimpu/Popu/Tadka/Seasoning

Oil 4 tspns for Talimpu/Seasoning

Garlic / Vellullipayalu - 4 medium size slices

Mustard seeds -1 tspn

Jeera - 1 tspn

Red chillies -5

Curry leaves 10-12

Turmeric powder 1/2 tspn

Coriander leaves 6 stems

Salt to taste

Rasam Power - 1 tspn

Procedure:-

1) Spice the tomotoes to small pieces. Take cooking vessel and add tomoto pieces,tamarind,turmeric with 2 cups of water (remaining water will be added afterwards). Boil it with medium flame for 10 minutes.

2) In a sauting pan add 4 teaspoons of oil. Add crushed garlic slices, mustart seeds, jeera,curry leaves and red chillies(make each chilli to 2 pieces). Let the mixture heat for 1 minute. Now add Rasam powder and let it heat for 1 more minute.

3) Tomoto boiled well. Now pour the juice in to the talimpu mixture.

4) Pour 4 cups of normal water in to the tomoto&tamarind mixture and crush with hand.

5) After mixing it well with hand, filter the plup (throw away the plup) and pour just the juice in the pan.

6) Add salt to taste and add chooped coriander leaves to the mixture.

7) Stir the mixture and heat it on medium flame for 15 minutes.

A spicy and tasty Andhra Rasam/Chaaru is ready to serve.