Method:

To make or to prepare Tomato Rasam –

Add tomatoes in a vessel, cook until it becomes soft/pressure cook it for one whistle, once it is ready, remove it from the water, put it on a plate and allow it to cool.

Soak tamarind in hot water and set aside.

Heat a pan and dry fry pepper until it splutters, fry it in a medium flame and set aside.

In the same pan add cumin, dry fry until it turns light brown and set aside.

Crush roasted ingredients to a coarse powder and keep ready.

Squeeze boiled tomatoes

Add sambar powder, crushed powder, jaggery, turmeric powder, chopped coriander, into it

Squeeze tamarind and remove the waste from it, add the juice of it.

Add tomato boiled water and add water to your consistency and keep ready.

Crush garlic for tempering

Heat oil for tempering in a vessel, when it is hot add mustard seeds allow it to sizzle, then add crushed garlic, dry red chilies, and curry leaves, saute until you get a nice aroma

Add chopped onion and fry until onions turn to translucent.

Add prepared mixture into it, add salt to taste and

Bring it to boil for 6 to 8 min. Switch off the flame, add chopped coriander.

Aromatic Tomato rasam/Tomato thili saaru is ready to serve.

Enjoy Tomato rasam with rice and accompany it with papad and curries.

You can also try my moong dal rasam recipe, tur dal rasam, pineapple rasam which is easy and tasty.

Notes –

You can add the number of tomatoes to your choice, and also other ingredients to adjust to your taste.

You can add any sambar powder to prepare this recipe or you can avoid/ skip it and add just roasted and crushed pepper and cumin powder, which also gives a good taste.