Lunch box special (parupu usili, parupu rasam(without rasam powder), rice)

I tried Chithra Vivek's Paruppu usili using cluster beans (kothu avaraikai, gor chikudukaya)its really nice side dish for rasam and rice.

I have shared here the recipe of rasam without using rasam powder.

Parruppu Rasam (without rasam powder)

Ingredients:

Tuvar Dhall - 1/2 cup

Tamarind - 1 normal lemon size

Tomato - 1 no.

Salt to taste

Oil - 2 tsp

Water - to make rasam for two persons.

For seasoning:

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds (Jeera) - 1/2 tsp

Pepper powder - 1 tsp (coarse powder not fine powder)

Red chillies - 2 no.

asafoetida - a pinch

Method:

• Cook the dhall and keep it aside.
• Extract the tamarind juice
• Cut the Tomato into pieces.
• In a pan, add the oil to get heated.
• Now add the Mustard, cumin seeds, once it splutters add the Pepper powder, asafoetida and the Red chillies.
• At the last add the tomato and saute only once (optional) or else add the tomato to the rasam directly.
• In a vessel, add the tamarind extract, salt, water, tomato and the seasonings from the pan, and allow it to boil for 10 minutes and add the dhall and againbboil it for 5 mins.
• Hot Rasam is ready to serve. Garnish it with cilantro and curry leaves.
• It goes highly with paruppu usili as done by chitra in her previous recipe.
• This was the lunch box today in our house.