Spicy Lemongrass Rasam (soup)

Lemongrass is an excellent herb,but not very familiar . Mostly used in chineese & thai cooking became popular with its lovely lemony flavour without the sourness.its great in clearing the sinuses and has other medicinal qualties to it. I once loved a bowl of soup which had distinctive flavour of lemon grass and thought why not experiment with it ,thus was born the spicy lemongrass rasam!

Spicy lemongrass Rasam

Ingredients

Tomato Puree 1/2cup

lemongrass diced 1/2cup

ginger crushed 1tbsp

salt for seasoning

sugar 1/2tsp

grind into a powder

1/2tsp of jeera/cumin seeds

1/2tsp whole peppercons

1/2tsp corriander seeds

1/2tsp chilliflakes

for tempering

1/2tsp mustard seeds

1/2tsp ghee

Method

In a vessel,add the ginger & lemongrass with 1/2cup of water and allow it to boil for atleast 5mins

Now retain the water and discard the lemongrass & ginger.

with this water add the tomato puree with some water to a diluted consistency and season with salt,sugar and the ground powder.

allow it to slowly froth and switch off the flame

temper it with mustard seeds and serve piping hot.

add some curry leaves for garnish (optional)