Paruppu Rasam

Ingredients:
Tamarind concentrate - 1/4 spoon or raw tamarind - 1/2 the size of Gooseberry
water - 1 bowl
Turmeric, Hing - 1/4 tea spoon
Salt - 1 and half spoon or as needed
Tomato - 1 (optional)
Rasam powder - 2 spoons
Thoor Daal - 1/2 cup

Seasoning:
Ghee - 1 spoon
Mustard - 1 tea spoon
Curry leaves / coriander leaves

Preparation:
Dilute tamarind in water
Add turmeric and hing and boil it for 5 mins
cook daal in 2 cups of water. Once cooked, just extract the water and add it to tamrind water.
If you are using tomato, cut it into bigger pieces and add it to the boiling rasam
Add salt, Rasam powder and allow it to boil for another 5 mins
When it boils over, switch off the flame.
Temper Mustard in ghee and season it in rasam with curry / coriander leaves

Variation:
If this recipe is prepared without Daal broth, its called "Gottu Rasam". This is easy to make in just 5 mins, especially when you are hungry.