Carrot Tomato Rasam

Ingredients

Carrots peeled - 2
Tomato - 1
Water - 3 cups
Tamarind or 1 tsp Tamarind pulp
Turmeric pinch
Rasam powder - 1 tsp
salt to taste
Coriander leaves for garnishing

For seasoning

Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds(Jeera) - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 5- 6

Method:

1. In a boiling water, add tomatoes, carrot and let it cook until soft.
2.Once it cooked completely transfer into a mixer, make a smooth sauce of tomato and carrot.
3. Add this smooth sauce to a pan. Add turmeric, tamarind paste, rasam powder . Adjust the taste as needed, add sugar .let it cook for a boil.
4. Once the rasam started to boil. Turn off the heat and garnish with chopped coriander leaves and close the lid to let all the aromas stay in accord.
5. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is heated, add mustard seeds, when they splutter, add cumin, curry leaves and cook on medium flame for 2 mins.

Serve it with steam rice, mudda pappu  and papad on the side.