Rasam:

Ingredients:

• 2 medium tomatoes fnely chopped
• 4-6 curry leaves
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp hing
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 2 tsp rasam powder
• 2 cups cooked  toor daal cooked with its water
• Ghee

Directions:

• In a pot heat 1 tbsp ghee. Add mustard seeds and let them pop. Next add cumin seeds and toast in oil for a few seconds. Add hing and curry leaves and then next add all the tomatoes.

• Add 2 cups water and rasam powder, turmeric, and cook the tomatoes in water until tender.

• Once tomatoes are cooked, add toor daal with the water and boil the rasam together for 2-3 minutes..

• Turn the stove off.  Add juice of 1 lemon and chopped cilantro.

• Serve over rice or drink like a soup with ghee on top.