Rubbudu Charu (Rasam, TomatoSoup)

Ingredients:

• Toor Dal (Red Gram)- 3/4 cup
• Tomato - 1no.
• Green chillies - 2nos.
• Tamarind pulp - 2tbsp.
• Ghee - 1tsp.
• Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 1tsp.
• Black Pepper (miriyalu) - 1/2tsp.
• Coriander seeds (dhaniyalu) - 1tsp.
• Dried red chillies - 1no.
• Curry leaves - 4-5nos.
• Salt to taste

Seasoning:

• Mustard Seeds (Aavalu) - 1tsp.
• Asefotida (inguva)

Preparation:

Cook the toor dal along with tomato and green chillies and keep it aside. Heat ghee in a small pan and add the jeera, black pepper, coriander seeds, Dried red chillies and curry leaves. Grind all the above ingredients including the dal to a paste. Take a sauce pan and some water in it and add the tamarind pulp and salt to it and then add the above paste. Let it cook for 5-10 mins. and do the tadka with mustard seeds and inguva. Serve hot with rice. It goes well with "Kandipachadi"(Red gram chutney).