Ordinary Rasam

Ingredients:
1.1 lemon-sized ball of tamarind
2.3-4 cloves of garlic, peeled and slightly crushed
3.1 generous pinch  asafoetida
4.1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
5.1 tomato, chopped
6.Salt to taste
7.Pepper-1 and half tablespoon.
8.Cumin Seeds 1 and half table spoon.
9.Coriander leaves a few
10.Curry Leaves.
Both coriander and Curry Leaves adds more taste rasam.
Note:crush the pepper ,garlic and cumin seeds instead of grind in the mixie.so that the taste will increase.

Method Of  Preparing Rasam:

1.Soak tamarind and salt in water and squeeze out the juice completely by adding enough water.
2.crush  pepper, jeera, red chillies and coriander seeds coarsely.
3.Crush garlic pod.
4.In a seperate bowl put the tamarind water, crushed  pepper, jeera , garlic, turmeric powder.
5.Mix well and add water to make it thin. Chop the tomatos and add to it. Bring to boil.
6.When it starts boiling add the curry leaves and coriander leaves and remove from flame.
7.Add half cup cold  water so that it will not overcook.
8.At last keep a separate pan fry mustard seed asafoeatida.
9.Season it with mustard and asafoetida powder .
Note:We should not allow rasam to boil more than 4 minutes.