RASEM
Ingredients needed:1 tomato –coarsely cut
2 sprigs of curry leave
1 an onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 dried chillies
½ cup of tamarind extract
1 teaspoon of turmeric powder
2 tablespoons of black pepper
1 tablespoon of cumin
½ tablespoon of fennel seed powder
sufficient water
oil for sauté
and salt to taste
Method:1- First, pound the cumin, black pepper, fennel seed powder,garlic and shallot.
2- Mix the pounded ingredients with water, turmeric powder,salt and tamarind extract – stir evenly.
3- Next, heat the oil and then saute the dried chillies and curryleaves till fragrant.
4- Pour the mixture and tomatoes.
5- Let it boil and rasem is ready to be served