Carrot Rasam

Ingredients

• 1 big  Carrot chopped
• 4 tea spoons of Toor dal
• 1 tomato chopped
• 1 tea spoon of Rasam powder
• Cumin seeds
• Mustard seeds
• Hing (Asafoetida)
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves
• Turmeric powder
• 6 to 10 Garlic cloves
• 1 ½ tea spoons of Tamarind paste
• 2 tea spoons of oil
• Salt
• Sugar

Preparation

• Boil carrot,toordal and tomato in a pressure cooker - one whistle would be sufficient. Wait till it  cools.
• Now, grind the boiled mixture. Keep this aside.
• Heat oil in a pan. Temper it with  Cumin seeds,mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves, coriander leaves,garlic, rasam powder and turmaric powder and fry this for one minute.
• Now add the mixture ,tamarind paste, salt and sugar to the pan. Add water as required and boil it for 10minutes at medium temperature.