Quick Tomato Rasam

Categories: Raw mango, saaru/Rasam

Ingredients

• 1 Medium sized Onion, Peeled and sliced horizontally
• 2-3 Tomatoes or 1 Canned Tomato
• 1 medium sized raw Mango, diced (optional)
• 1-2 Green chillies, sliced
• 1 inch ginger, chopped finely
• 1/2 cup of Red Lentils
• Fresh coriander leaves
• 1 teasp of tarmaric powder
• 2 Tbsp of Rasam Powder
• 1 teasp Jaggary
• Salt
• For seasoning:
• 1 dry red chilli
• 2 teasp mustard
• 1 teasp jeera/cumin seeds
• 1/2 teasp Hing/Asafoetida
• Oil

Directions

1. In a pressure cooker take little oil and season with red chilli, mustard, jeera and hing.

2. When it starts spluttering, add sliced onions, green chillis and finely chopped ginger, cook for 1 min.

3. Add tarmaric and rasam powder. (click for recipe for rasam powder)

4. Blanch the tomatoes and make a puree. (If you dont have enough time for this then add sliced tomatoes directly or u can use canned tomatoes also which gives wonderful taste). Add this to other ingredients.

5. Add diced raw mango and jaggry. (Mango gives sour taste and jaggary compliment with it)

6. Add enough water.

7. At last add lentil/daal and salt to taste.

8. Close the pressure cooker lid and cook it(2-3 whistles)

9. Add chopped fresh coriander leaves before serving.

10. Hint:

11. You can add little tarmarind water instead of raw mangoes.

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