Teeli Saaru.. Simple rasam

Teeli Saaru.. is something that is common and prepared regularly in my house, because my dad and I just love it.

Drinking it either before or after food will just be superb.

Ingredients required:

1md cup toor dal
2md sized tomatoes
4-5 strands chopped coriander
3-4 curry leaves
pinch of turmeric
pinch of hing
1 tspn salt
1 tspn cooking oil or ghee
1/4 tspn mustard seeds
1/2 tspn jeera
2 tbspn rasam pwdr
1 tbspn jaggery
1 tbspn tamarind paste
1 small cup grated coconut (optional)

Wash and pressure toor dal and tomatoes with pinch of salt and 1/4 tspn oil. Turmeric and oil ensures toor dal to cook faster.

Blend or mix the toor dal and the tomatoe completely.

Now take a kadai, add oil or ghee. Once it's hot, add mustard seeds and after it crackles, add jeera and hing. Saute it and add the above blended dal mix. Bring it to boil on a low flame. On the 1st boil, add rasam pwdr, tamarind paste, salt and jaggery. Mix them completely. 2nd boil, it's time to add curry leaves, grated coconut and coriander.

Mix well and just enjoy drinking it or eating with hot rice.