Carrot tomato (Thakkali) rasam | Tomato carrot soup

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu | Cooking Time: 5 minutes | To Serve: 3 | Type : Side dish, Soup | Take with : Rice

Ingredients

• Carrot – 1 [chopped]
• Tomato -1 [chopped]
• Garlic -2 [crushed]
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Curry leaves -1 spring
• Coriander leaves - 1 spring [chopped]
• Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Pepper powder & Cumin powder – 1 ½ tbsp [dry roast peppercorns & cumin seeds then grind]
• Sugar a pinch
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Water as needed

Preparation

• Grind carrot & tomato in a mixer grinder with water and extract the juice and keep it aside.
• Heat pan with oil add mustard seeds and cumin seeds then add garlic, dry red chilli, curry leaves and asafetida.
• Add carrot tomato juice then add turmeric powder, freshly ground cumin, pepper powder and salt mix well.
• Once bubble comes out add sugar cut off heat. Garnish with coriander leaves & serve hot with rice.

Tip

• Instead of red chilli add green chilli for seasoning.