Pepper rasam

                                      Pepper rasam

                   A good medicine for cold and cough.Especially if you have sore throat,pepper rasam will do  the magic.It will be a good combo with hot rice.

Ingredients:

• Whole Pepper:1 tblspn
• Tomato(chopped):1 small
• Green chilly :1
• Tamarind:A gooseberry size
• Asafoetida/kayam: 1/2 tspn
• Turmeric powder:1/4 tspn
• Garlic:2 cloves
• Cumin seeds/Jeerakam:1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves:Few
• Salt

To temper:

• Dry red chilly:1
• Mustard/kaduku:1/2 tspn
• Fenugreek seeds/uluva:1/4 tspn
• Ghee:1/2 tspn
• Oil :1/2 tspn
• Curry leaves:Few

Method:

• Soak tamarind in a cup of water, take extract and strain it.Keep aside.
• Crush pepper,garlic and cumin together.Mix it with tamarind extract and tomato.
• Add green chilly,salt and turmeric powder.
• Add 1 cup of water.
• Let it boil.Then keep the stove in low flame.
• Heat the pan with oil and add oil and ghee
• Add mustard seeds.when it splutters add fenugreek seeds,dry chilly and curry leaves.
• Pour it over rasam.
• Finally add chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve it hot with rice