PORICHA RASAM

Ingredients:

Lentils- 1/4 cup
Green gram-1/4 cup
Chopped tomato- 1 cup
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Chopped coriander- 1/4 cup piece
Salt to taste
Ghee- 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 1tsp
Asafoetida- a marble size

Fry the following ingredients in a little oil to golden brown and powder them coarsely:

Black gram-1 tsp, cumin seeds- 1 tsp, peppercorns- 1 tsp, Bengal gram- 1 tsp, red chilli- 1, shredded coconut-1/4 cup

Procedure:

Cook the dals. Add 4 to 5 cups of water to it. Add the fried powder, and all the ingredients to it except the mustard seeds and the asafoetida. Simmer it for
2 minutes. Heat a pan and pour the ghee. Add the mustards and the asafoetida. When the mustards splutter add this to the rasam.