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Tomato Onion Rasam Recipe

Time and servings

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Ingredients

  • 2 large tomatoes
  • 1 medium onion
  • 4-5 pods garlic
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder / haldi
  • 10 curry leaves / kadi patta
  • 2 strads coriander leaves / dhania patta
  • 2 - 2 and ½ tsp rasam powder
  • 1 small chilli
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • pinch of hing
  • 1 tsp urad dal
  • 1 large dried red chilli
  • 5 tsp oil

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Instructions

  1. finely chop tomatoes, onion, green chilli, garlic, coriander leaves and keep them aside.
  2. in a pan add oil. add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chillies, urad dal and hing.
  3. once mustard seeds splutters, add garlic. fry them for a minute or two till the raw smell of garlic goes away.
  4. now add chopped onion and fry till they turn golden brown.
  5. now add tomatoes, chilli and fry on medium flame.
  6. add sugar and cook tomatoes on a medium flame.
  7. now add salt to taste.
  8. cook tomatoes till they turn mushy. now add water till you make thin waatery or rasam consistence.
  9. now add 2 tbsp of rasam powder and mix well.
  10. add chopped coriander leaves and turn off the flame.
  11. your tomato onion rasam is ready. serve hot with steamed rice along with papad.

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Step-by-step

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finely chop tomatoes, onion, green chilli, garlic, coriander leaves and keep them aside.tomato-onion rasam
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in a pan add oil. add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chillies, urad dal and hing.tomato-onion rasam
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once mustard seeds splutters, add garlic. fry them for a minute or two till the raw smell of garlic goes away.tomato-onion rasam
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now add chopped onion and fry till they turn golden brown.tomato-onion rasam
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now add tomatoes, chilli and fry on medium flame.tomato-onion rasam
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add sugar and cook tomatoes on a medium flame.tomato-onion rasam
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now add salt to taste.tomato-onion rasam
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cook tomatoes till they turn mushy.tomato-onion rasam
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now add water till you make thin waatery or rasam consistence.tomato-onion rasam
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now add 2 tbsp of rasam powder and mix well.tomato-onion rasam
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add chopped coriander leaves and turn off the flame.tomato-onion rasam
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your tomato onion rasam is ready. serve hot with steamed rice along with papad.onion-tomato rasam

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Notes

  1. onions and tomatoes should be chopped fine. this would make sure tomatoes and onions cook fast.
  2. add a pinch of turmeric powder to enhance the color.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/tomato-onion-rasam/