Dal Rasam - Ivan uncle

Recipe by Ivan Pereira

Ingredients:
1 cup toor dal

1 medium tomato (sliced)

5-6 cloves garlic with skin (crushed)
2 medium onions (sliced)
1 green chili (slit)
1/2" ginger (chopped)
1/2 tsp bafat powder

2 tsp rasam powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt

1/2" ball tamarind (soaked in warm water)
coriander leaves (garnish)

For seasoning
3 tbsp oil
7-8 cloves garlic (crushed)

1 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves

Steps:

1. Wash, rinse and soak the dal for 1 hour. Keep aside. 
2. Boil the tomato, cool and peel. Add to a mixie jar and puree. Keep aside.
   
   
3. In a vessel, heat oil. 
4. Add garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Don't burn.
5. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. 
6. Add onion, ginger and green chili and saute for 2-3 minutes.
7. Add the tomato puree and tamarind. Mix well. 
8. Add the rasam powder, bafat powder, turmeric powder and salt. 
9. Add dal and water. Boil till the dal is cooked. 
10. Adjust spices and salt according to desired taste by taking a little rasam in a bowl and adding additional spices to this. Then pour this back in to the vessel. 
11. Garnish with coriander leaves.
12. ENJOY!