Karnataki Style Tomato Rassam / टोमँटो रस्सम

Since long I wanted to put this recipe, today was the day may be:)
I am giving the basic style here. The ingredients how many will be totally depend on your own taste. Hence  adjust the quantity as per your taste  :)


Ingredients:


Half cup Tuvar daal
1 medium sized tomato
1/2 Tsp Turmeric
1.5 Tsp Rassam masala
1/2 Tsp Tamerind extract
Jaggery as per taste
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds,curry leaves,Asafoetida for seasoning
Chopped Coriander leaves for garnishing


Procedure:

1. Cook Tuvar daal in cooker for 3 whistles (whistles depend on your cooker) 
2. Cook tomato in cooker. ( Should be able to make paste out of it) You can also cook it in microwave if you want. Cook it till it totally becomes soft and able to make a paste out of it. Once cooked, make a pure of tomato in mixer.
3. Keep around 2 cups of water in pan to heat.
4. In water,add tomato pure, turmeric, Tamerind extract/pulp,jaggery.
5. Let it come to boil. Add Rassam masala.
6. Boil it till it comes to a nice boil.  
7. Remove the water from cooked daal if it is there before adding to the water mixture because it will make Rassam more watery. Adjust water as per your taste or choice of consistency 
8. Add cooked and mashed Tuvar dal now. 
9. Stir well.Add salt.Mix well.Taste and check the spices. Add if necessary.
10. Once it comes to a nice boil, all the ingredients are proper. Make the flame on slow. And keep a small pan on stove ready for seasoning.
11. In this pan add 1 Tsp pure Ghee. Once hot, add mustard seeds. Let it splutter well. Add Asafoetida,curry leaves. 
12. Add this seasoning on the top of Rassam. 
13. Garnish with chopped Coriander leaves.

Serve with steamed rice...hot hot :)