Garlic(poondu) Rasam
Health tips: Garlic removes gas, clears worms in stomach, simulates hunger and it is a very good sources to remove cholestrol from our body, can avoid heart attack and blood pressure. You can boil few garlic pods in milk and take.
Coriander seed - ½ tsp
Garlic pods - 12 (5 pods - remove skin; 7 pods smash with skin)
Cumin(Jeera) - ½ tsp
Red chili - 3 (split into 2)
Tamarind paste - ¾ tsp
Toor dhal - 4 table spoon (Boil/pressure cook to soft and keep)
Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspn
Salt - To taste
Preparation method:
1. Roast coriander, jeera, chili to slight brown color (you will feel nice aroma). Cool it and grind to powder.
2. Boil 1 tumbler of water to that add the powder, turmeric, salt, tamarind paste and peeled garlic. Once it boils add cooked dhal with 1 tumbler of water. Once it boils switch of the flame. Add the smashed garlic and close the rasam (to keep the aroma).
3. To one teaspoon of oil add jeera, asafetida roast it and to rasam.