Kollu Rasam

               Horsegram is called kollu in Tamil, It help in reducing fat, people who are in diet to weight loss can take this regularly and also this is good in curing cold and cough...
And Pregnant ladies should avoid this as it produce heat.

Ingredients:

Horse gram - 2 tbsp.
Coriander  and curry leaves - few
Pepper  - 2 tsp
Jeera - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Red chilly  - 1
Garlic - 3 nos.
Asefodita - 3 pinch
Tamarind water - 1 cup
Turmeric - a pinch.
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Tomatoe - 1 small.

Method:

Soak the horse gram overnight.
Pressure cook it with water and salt to 4 whistle and mash it well along with water in it.
In a pan temper with oil,  mustard, curry leaves, asefodita and add mashed tomatoes.
Add tamarind water and cooked horse gram with water.
Heat should be in sim / Slow
Add a pinch of turmeric and salt
Crush jeera, pepper, garlic and redchilly and add it to the Rasam.
Add Salt to taste.
Add Coriander leaves.

Do not allow to boil. switch off before it starts to boil.

I am sending this to TST.

 Also sending it to Side Dish Mela Event @ Cooking4allseasons