Tomato & Toor Dal Rasam

Ingredients:

1. Toor Dal 1/4 cup
2. Tomato - 3 chopped
3. Tamarind - 1/2 of a lime sized ball
4. Rasam powder - 2 tsp
5. Dry red chillies -4 crushed
6. Garlic - 6 cloves crushed
7. Cumin - 1/4 tsp crushed
8. Black papper - 1 tsp crushed coarsly
9. Jaggery (optional) 1/2 Teaspoon
10. Salt To taste
11. Mustard seeds 1 Teaspoon
12. Asafoetida powder 1/2 Teaspoon
13. curry leaves - 2 springs
14. Cilantro - 4 tbsp chopped

Method :

Pressure cook the dal with 2 cups of water until it is cooked to a paste.
Open the cooker and mash the dal with the water.
Add 3 more cups of water and chopped tomatoes and rasam powder and bring to a boil.
Simmer on medium flame until the tomatoes are cooked well.
Add in the Tamarind ,salt and sugar to taste.
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a small frying pan and add the mustard seeds.
Add the curry leaves and the crushed dry chilly,garlic,pepper,cumin and asafotida/hing and stir fry for 2 minutes.
Add this mixture to the tomato/dal mix and stir well.
Bring to a simmer.
Turn the flame off and garnish with coriander leaves.
Keep covered for 30 minutes for flavors to blend.