Ingredients vegetarian 4 servings

• 3 no.s plums chopped
• 3 whole red chillies
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• few coriander leaves
• 1 lemon size tamarind
• 1 no small sized tomato 
• 1 cup ground spices (of 1 tsp cumin seeds, 5 cloves of garlic, 10 pepper corns with 1 cup water)
• 2 tsp refined oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp ginger julienned
• a pinch of asafoetida powder
• 2 tsp salt
• 3 cups water

Directions

1. Prepare tamarind pulp with 1 cup water and crush tomato with hands and add half coriander leaves in tamarind pulp.this will add to the taste.
2. Heat oil in a kadai , put mustard seeds, whole red chillies, curry leaves then fresh paste of garlic-pepper corns and needed salt . saute for a minute.
3. Add chopped plums and a cup water and allow it to boil for 2 mins.
4. Add tomato - tamarind pulp 1 cup with 1 cup water and the remaining chopped coriander leaves and
   chopped ginger pieces.
5. when the rasam brings to boil, remove the kadai from the flame and close it with a lid.
6. Serve hot with plain rice and drumdtick leaves dhal curry.

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