Ingredients: To saute and grind Garlic - 4 pods Pepper - 2tsp Jeera - 2tsp (cummin seeds) Red chilly - 2 nos Mudakathan keerai - 1/4 cup (cleaned and chopped) To Temper Ghee - 1 tsp Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Jeera - 1 tsp Coriander leaves - to temper (finely chopped) Main Ingredients: Tamarind Extract water - 1cup ( extract depends of the family requirement - i.e tangy taste) Turmeric powder - 1tsp Rasam powder - 1 tbsp Water or toor dal water - 1/2 cup Salt - as required

Clean The leaves completely and finely chop it now heat the kadai and add the item given under " to saute and grind" Except the leaves, Once sauted , keep aside, again separately saute the leaves and once the raw flavor gone, off the flame and allow it to cool completely , then grind everything together. Heat the kadai add the extracted tamarind water, and stir occasionally , then add the turmeric powder and salt and mixed well once everything mixed , add the grinded leaves paste and mix well, let it mix, then add the toor dal water or normal water and add the Rasam powder allow it to boil completely ,then off the flame by adding the coriander leaves. Heat the kadai and do the tempering and add it to the Rasam .. All set to go. You can feel the comforting soup or rasam. And its healthy too Note: Make sure you cleaned the leaves properly Generally they use the stem of the leaves, But i used the leaves too If toor dal water not available you can use normal water too . Adding rasam powder is for extra flavor so do add. Since i added more tangy water using tamarind i didnt use tomato.