Carrot Rasam

Add carrot puree to the simple rasam and make it more healthy.

Ingredients:

• Chopped Carrots - 1 cup
• Tamarind - small lime sized
• Rasam Powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Water - 2 cups
• Salt -to taste
• Cilantro - 2 springs

For Tadka :

• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida- a pinch
• Curry Leaves - 1 spring
• Red whole chili - 1-2

Directions: 

• Boil the chopped carrots and puree it after cooling a bit. Do not throw the water in which you boiled carrots. Use the same water for making rasam.
• Soak tamarind for 10 minutes and extract the juice.
• Heat the water you saved earlier, add tamarind extract, turmeric powder, rasam powder and pureed carrot. Bring it to boil. Add salt.
• For tadka, heat ghee in a small pan, splutter mustard seeds, then cumin seeds, add asafoetida, curry leaves, chili. Pour it over the rasam. Add chopped cilantro and turn off the heat.

Variation:  You could add tomatoes to the rasam. You could also add half a cup of boiled toor dal to it.