தக்காளி ரசம் / Tomato Rasam

Ingredients:

Tomato - 1 or 2 chopped

tamarind paste or juice - 2 tspn

Rasam powder - 2 tspn(Recipe for this given in this blog)

turmeric powder- 1/4 tspn

asfoetida(hing) - pinch

salt - as needed

cilantro - one handfull chopped

musturd seeds -1 tspn

cumin seeds -1 tspn

ghee(clarified butter) - 1tblspn

water-2 cups

Method:

Mix together water, tamarind paste, rasam powder, turmeric powder, asfoetida. Bring it to boil on a medium flame. Add tomato and salt. season with mustard and cumin seeds in ghee. Garnish with chopped cilantro. Eat with plain rice.

ரசப்பொடி/ Rasam powder

Toor dal

Ingredients:
Whole black peppers - 1 cup
Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1/2 cup
coriander seeds - 1/2 cup

Method:
Slightly heat all the ingredients without adding oil in a fry pan and grind the above ingredients into a nice powder.
\* you can reduce the quantity according to your need*\

வெண்டைக்காய் பொறியல்/ okra fry

Ingredients:
okra- 1/4 kg
mustard-1tspn
urad dal -1tspn
chilli powder - 1 tblspn
corriander powder - 1 tbspn
turmeric powder- 1 tspn
asfoetida - 1 pinch
salt -as needed
oil - 3 tblspn
Method:
cut all the okra into small pieces.
then, in the deep frying pan, pour some oil and put mustard seeds.
after splattering the masturd seeds, add urad dal, asfoetida,turmeric powder.
then put the okra and keep closed it by 5 minutes. stirr occasionally.
then add thania(corriander) powder, and chilli powder,salt. fry it still it becomes very rost.
then keep off the flame. if you want you can add coconut powder to this. thats all.