ANDHRA RASAM ( Kugan )

ANDHRA RASAM

Ingredients:

1 lime size tamarind
1 cup water

1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp urad dal
3 pips garlic crushed
1 sprig curry leaves

2 shallots sliced
1 small tomato sliced
3 green chillies slit
½ tsp chillie powder
¼ tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp sambar powder
Salt to taste

A pinch of jaggery
1 tbs chopped coriander leaves.

Method:

Soak tamarind in 1 cup of water. Extract juice, keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add in the mustard and cumin seeds.
Let them splutter, add in the urad dal, crushed garlic and curry leaves.
Fry well, add in the onions, tomatoes, green chillies, chillie powder,
tumeric powder, sambar powder and salt to taste.

Stir fry all the ingredients well, add in the tamarind juice and jaggery.
Let it come to boil once and off the stove at once.
Garnish with cut coriander leaves and serve with plain rice.