You know you've cooked well when people literally leave the plate spotless :)

Oh yeah, the menu today was

• Drumstick sambhar
• Lemon-Tomato rasam
• Carrot curry

Cooking is the most rewarding art IMO.

I am gradually perfecting the art of making the lemon-tomato rasam. It has tasted great the last few times I have made it. Though the critic in me would attribute its success to the rasam powder hand made by Amma, the hands that made them were no less talented :-) Now quickly on to the recipe.

1. Cut three medium sized tomates (into 4 pieces each) ( Read more... )