Ingredients

• Bowl of water (4 Large cups)
• Two tomatoes
• 4 Cloves of Garlic
• A little of ginger
• Fresh ground pepper
• Green chillies around 3
• Spoon of sugar
• Mustard (for garnishing)
• Cumin seeds (for garnishing)
• Cilantro leaves chopped (for garnishing)
• Curry leaves
• Tamarind
• Salt

How to Make Nepatya Rasam

• Boil the water in medium flame. Add whole tomatoes (ripe) to it and boil until the tomato breaks open. Then add pepper, garlic and ginger and let it boil for 5 mins.
• Add one spoon of tamarind paste along with sugar and salt (to taste).
• Allow to boil for 10 mins. In a small pan, add some oil and add mustard seeds and let it pop.
• Once the popping slows down, add cumin seeds. Empty this into the rasam.
• Finally garnish the nepatya rasam with cilantro (coriander) and curry leaves. Serve it hot as a soup or serve it as a main dinner item along with white rice.