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Tomato Soup

tomato soup
 

Thin 'n' spicy lentil (dal) and tomato soup. A Flavored and a favored soup !

To make a soup out of tomatoes you will need...

Ingredients Quantity
Split red gram 30 gms
Tomatoes 115 gms
Lime 1 no
Curry leaves a sprig
Coriander leaves 15 gms bunch
Peppercorns 3 gms
Garlic flakes (crushed) 6 nos
Water 700 ml
For tempering
Mustard seeds 4 gms
Cumin 1 gm
Black gram 2 gms (optional)
Red chilies 2 gms
Asafetida 1 gm
Oil 10 ml
Salt To taste
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    1.Add tomatoes, coriander leaves, curry leaves and peppercorns to the dal water (the water from the boiling lentils) and boil till tomatoes are cooked. Add cooked Dal and mash the ingredients. Strain through a sieve. (Rasam)
    2 Heat oil, add mustard seeds and cumin.
    3.When spices crackle add  the remaining ingredients for tempering. Add strained Rasam to it. Add salt and boil for 5-10 minutes.
    4.Remove from heat, add lime juice and check the seasonings.
     
    Did you know ??

    Rasams were not used  as starters initially there were more famous as taste enhancers, now today milder varieties of Rasams are served as starters. Variations are brought about by flavors and the most common are garlic, lemon and pepper.     

     
     

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