Garlic Rasam

Ingredients:

Garlic - 15 cloves

Tamarind - Gooseberry size

Salt - as per required

Toor dhal - 1 tbsp

Tomato - 1 medium ( cut in to pieces )

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Coriander leaves - few

Red chillies - 2

Ghee - 3 tsp

Rasam Powder :

Black Peppercorns - 8 

Cumin seeds - 1tsp

Red Chillies - 4

Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp

Bengal Gram - 1 tsp

Method:

• Add Ghee to a pan and fry garlic till golden brown. Set aside.

• Pressure cook dhal and tomato with little turmeric powder and water till soft. Mash and set aside.

• In a pan, add little oil and roast all ingredients for rasam powder to light brown. Cool and grind it to  powder.

• Pulp the tamarind, add water and make it to boil along with turmeric powder, salt and rasam powder till raw smell of tamarind disappears.

• Add dhal and bring it to boil again.

• For tempering, Splutter mustard seeds,red chillies, curry leaves and bengal gram in ghee and add it to rasam.

• Add Roasted Garlic, coriander leaves and enjoy it.

Notes:

You can also grind tomato and half of the garlic to a paste and add to rasam for extra flavour.