Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Poondu Rasam by Nivedita

Poondu Rasam

the recipe for Poondu rasam. i picked it up from Fazeetha's blog.

Ingredients :

Garlic-6 to 8 Cloves, peeled and crushed
Tamarind-One Lime sized qty.
Water-3 to 4 cups.
Salt to taste
Jeera/Cumin-1/2 tsp
Pepper-1/2 tsp
Mustard-1/4 tsp
Turmeric-2 pinches.
Curry leaves-2 twigs.
Oil-1tsp

Method :

Dissolve the tamarind in water and filter out the pulp.
Take a saucepan, pour the tamarind water.
put the crushed garlic and salt as per taste to it and boil it for 5 minutes.
Then add the Jeera and the Pepper powder,Turmeric pwd to it and let it sim for 2 minutes.
Once bubbles start forming on the sides(like froth), switch it off.
Take a separate pan and pour the oil in it.
once hot, splutter the mustard seeds and add curry leaves to it.
pour this mixture over the Switched off Rasam and garnish it.
Serve it with rice or can serve as a soup.

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