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Yumm tomato rasammm!!!

Its all things tomato for my family. And my son Rudra is no better. Tomato rasam is his all time favourite. There are a number of variations to tomato rasam recipes and this is the one specific to my family, the one I learnt from Rangamma, my peddamma. Dressed in vivid Gadwal sarees, huge moon sized bottu and traditional telangana jewelry, she has to only touch a dish to make it taste like heaven. Here goes: Ingredients: 2 Large ripe tomatoes - this makes enough rasam for two people. Masala: Peppercorns - 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds - 1/2 teaspoon Garlic pods - 4 to 5 Tadka: Cumin seeds - 3 pinches Red chillies - 2 long ones Black gram - 3 pinches Mustard seeds - 3 pinches Preparation: Boil tomatoes with the skins on in three cups of water. Once the pulp starts to seep out of the skins, the tomatoes can be considered done. Wait till the tomatoes cool down and then squeeze them to extract the juice. Separate skins and other undissolved fibrous content from