Madras Rasam

* 200g tomatoes
* tamarind - lemon sized soaked in hot water
* 20g garlic
* 4 glasses of any dal stock
* 4 green chilies
* 1 bunch of cilantro and curry leaves
* 1/4 tsp turmeric
* Salt to taste\


For rasam powder:

* 20g coriander seeds
* 10g pepper corns
* 5g cumin seeds
* 2 red chilies


Mix the tamarind water with crushed tomatoes and garlic, dal stock, green chilies, turmeric, salt and mix well. Keep aside. Roast the ingredients of rasam powder without any oil and blend to a fine powder. Add this powder to the above tamarind water and mix well. Also add curry leaves, cilantro leaves and boil on heat until bubbles form in the mixture. Remove from heat and serve with steamed rice.