Required:-
Medium sized tomatoes - 2 Nos
Tamarind extract - 2 tbspn
Water - 2 cups
Red chilly - 3
Jaggery powdered - 1/2 tbspn (Optional)
For Powdering
Pepper - 5 corns
Coriander seeds - 1 tbspn
Cumin seeds - 1 tspn
Slightly fry all the three ingredients and powder them finely.
Prepration
Make puree of the tomatoes
Take a microwave safe bowl. Mix tomato puree,tamrind extract, water,salt, jaggery, powdered masala.Add the red chillies after breaking into two.
Keep in the oven for 4 mts at micropower high
Stir once and keep for another 1 minute depending on your oven type.
Season with mustard seeds. Add curry leaves and coriander leaves.
You can use this rasam with rice or drink it as soup. It will be a good appetizer.