GETTING READY
1 Pick and wash the dal.
2 In a small bowl, soak tamarind in water for 10 minutes.

MAKING
3 In a pan, cook the dal with water until tender.
4 Pass through a sieve.
5 Pass the soaked tamarind through a sieve.
6 In a grinder jar, grind coriander, red chillies, coconut and black pepper finely with a little water.
7 Combine all the ingredients into the dal along with its water, ghee, and coriander leaves.
8 Cook until a little thick.
9 Remove from the heat.
10 In a frying pan, heat the ghee.
11 Add in mustard seeds and fry for a minute.
12 Add to the prepared rasam.

SERVING
13 Sprinkle with chopped coriander leaves.
14 Serve hot with boiled rice.