Pepper Rasam (மிளகு ரசம்):

PEPPER RASAM (மிளகு ரசம்):

The very word sounds great because its the easiest receipe of all and it is so full of medicinal values. Our tradition points out that whenever a heavy meal is taken just a glass of rasam would digest it and give our stomach´s great relief. There are varieties of rasam and here I have explained the basic one. To this when we add lemon jucie it becomes Lemon rasam and etc..etc..Its good for kids indeed and protects their tummy`s.

                                     

Pepper Rasam recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time:7 mins    |  Cook time: 15 mins     |  Serves: 4

Ingredients

 Tamarind - lemon sized

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Garlic  - 3 cloves

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Rasam powder  - 1 tsp

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Salt - As needed

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Tomato -2

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Pepper-7pods        Jeera- 1/2 tsp

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Turmeric powder  1/4 tsp

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Cilantro - 2 stems ( finely chopped)

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Asafoetida - a pinch

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To Temper :

Oil - 1 tbsp

Mustard - 1/4 tsp

Jeera - 1/4 tsp

Urad dhall - 1/4 tsp (optional)

Curry leaves- 5 nos

Red chilly - 2nos
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METHOD :

• Soak tamarind in hot water for 30 mins and extract its juice and keep aside. Make the total water 3 cups. Mash the tomatoes well with your hand (it adds good taste). Take a bowl and mix the tomatoes and tamarind juice. In a Mortar grind well the pepper pods and jeera with little coriander leaves and the garlic pods. Add them to this extract and and mix it well with your hands. Add the required salt to it.

• Now take a kadai and pour oil, when the oil becomes hot add the ingredients in the tempering table. When u add the red chilly always break it into 2 pieces. Now add the asafoetida, turmeric powder and rasam powder and mix it well with the exisiting oil. Now pour the contents of the bowl and mix it with a laddle. Add the remaining coriander leaves.
  
  
• Bring it to a boil but take care that u switch of the stove when u see the froth rising and it starts to bubble here and there. Always take care of this step in rasam this is the crucial part of it.
  
  
  
  
  
• The rasam is now ready to eat with rice. Now the kitchen is spread with the aroma of pepper and jeera. Wowwwww.......:-)