Ingredients:

Precooked crab     -100 g
onion                      -11/2 tbsp chopped
tomato                   -1  finely chopped
cilantro                  – 1/4 cup finely chopped
garlic                     -1/2 tbsp finely chopped
red chili                 -3
Tamarind paste     -1 tsp
turmeric                -little
salt                        -to taste
Sesame oil             -2 tsp

To roast & grind:

coriander seeds     – 1 tbsp
pepper corns          -1/2 tbsp
cumin seeds           -1 tsp
curry leaves dried  -1 tsp powdered
oil                           -1 tsp

Method:

• In a pan heat oil and fry the coriander seeds, pepper corns, cumin seeds until well roasted. Cool down and grind it into a fine powder.

• In a kadai heat oil and allow mustard seeds to splutter.add dried red chillies. 

• Put  the dried curry leaves powder and minced garlic.

• Fry the chopped onions until translucent.

• Add the roasted powder  to it.

• Follow it with chopped tomatoes and cilantro

• .And then add the tamarind paste.

• Add the precooked crab and turmeric.

• Mix well  and pour adequate water.

• When the soup/rasam comes to rolling boil .Switch off the stove and add required salt.

• Serve hot as soup or over rice.

Serves  2