Selavu Rasam

Ingredients
Group I

• Tamarind - Small gooseberry size
• Turmeric - 2 pinches
• Coriander - few
• Salt to taste
• Oil as required

Group II

• Garlic - 8
• Cumin- 1 tsp
• Coriander - 1 tsp
• Pepper corn - 1 tsp
• Red chilly - 1
• Curry leaves - few
• Tomato - 3/4 medium size

Group III

• Mustard - 1/4 tsp
• Red chilly - 1
• Hing - a pinch
• Curry leaves - few
• Shallot - 2 chopped

Method

• Soak tamarind in a cup of water for few mints.Then extract the juice & keep it aside.
• Heat oil to the pan & roast all the group II ingredients.Allow it to cool & grind it with the turmeric. Then add tamarind juice & salt to it & keep aside.
• Now heat the kadai with a spoon of oil & season the group III ingredients. Pour the rasam & bring it to boil. Remove it from flame by adding coriander leaves.

Tips for the recipe - Red onions can be used instead of shallots.  Spice flavour should be the dominant in this rasam. Adding too much of tomatoes will change the taste of the rasam.