Take the pulp from tamarind and keep it aside.
Crush garlic, pepper and cumin
:- Crushing gives always a better taste than grinding.
Mix the crushed ingredients with the tamarind pulp and add salt according to your taste.
Heat a pan in stove(sim mode).
Add oil into it.
Saute chopped tomatoes in it.
Add the tamarind pulp (along with crushed pepper, cumin and garlic).
Add necessary water along with it.
:- Normally 4 small cups would be sufficient.
Add a handful of coriander leaves and 2 arcs of curry leaves.
When oil gets separated above, switch off the stove.
:- Never let rasam boil because it will spoil the taste.
Season the rasam with mustard and curry leaves.
:- Enjoy the tamil style easy rasam hot with rice.