Tomato Rasam/ Tomato chaaru

A regular Andhra Rasam... very easy to prepare and mouthwatering too.. Let's look into this !
The ingredients here are for 200ml Rasam.

Ingredients:

200ml water
1 medium size tomato
1 small onion
Tamarind - see the pic for the quantity
1 garlic clove
Rasam powder
2 small green chillies
Few curry leaves

Directions:

1. Heat some oil in a vessel, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, hing to it (talimpu).
2. Add chopped onion fry them for a while then add chopped tomato, slit chillies, mashed garlic, tamarind, a pinch of turmeic, curry leaves. Fry them well for a while. Add little water to it and close the lid and let it cook for a min.
3. Open the lid and see if the mixture is cooked nicely. If cooked, add 200ml water, 1tbsp rasam powder to it. Add salt according to taste, mix well and bring to boil.
4. Top it with some cilantro leaves(kothimeera) and serve hot with rice.

*We welcome your valuable suggestions on this Recipe*