Recipe : Dal Rasam

Ingredients
Tomatoes - 5
Tamarind - small quantity
Chilly powder - 1/2 tbsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tbsp
Asafoetida powder - 1/4 tbsp
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Garlic pods - 5
Onion - 1
Green Chillies - 2
Curry leaves - small quantity to garnish
Water,Oil,Salt - reqd quantity

Method:
Chop the tomatoes roughly.Take four cups of water in a bowl,drop a ball of tamarind into it.Add some salt,turmeric powder and let it boil for 10 mins.Cool it and smash the tomatoes well.Squeeze out the extracts.Filter the tomato skin and tamarind waste.Pressure cook a cup of toor dal with garlic pods,a tbsp of oil and salt.Smash it well and add it to the tomato mixture.Saute onion,green chillies and curry leaves with mustard and oil.In the same pan,add a pinch of asafoetida,1/2 tbsp chilly powder and fry it slightly.Add it to the dhal tomato mix.Bring to a boil and server hot.