Garlic Rasam

   Ingredients - Serves around 4 people            

   Tomato 1 big sized
   Tamarind 1 small sized piece
   Jaggery powdered 1 big lemon size
   Sugar 1 tsp
   Curry leaves 1 string
   Broken red chillies 1
   Garlic 3-4 cloves (cut into small pieces)
   Salt to taste
   Ghee 1 tsp
   Mustard 1/4 tsp
   Jeera 1/4 tsp
   Hing (asafoetida ) pinch
   Rasam powder 1 tsp 

  Procedure

• Cook tomato in water. Cool it, remove the skin and mash it.
• Soak tamarind in hot water and extract the juice.
• Heat ghee in kadai. Add mustard, allow to splutter. Add jeera, hing, curry leaves, broken red chillies and garlic in low flame and fry a little.
• Add tamarind juice and cooked tomato. Add 2-3 cups of water, salt, sugar, jaggery and rasam powder. Boil for 3-4 minutes.
• Serve hot with rice or drink it as soup.