POONDU MILAGU RASAM (Kugan )

POONDU MILAGU RASAM

Ingredients:

(A)
2 tsp gingelly oil
a pinch of asafoetida powder
¼ tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp funugreek seeds
1 dry red chillie cut into pieces
1 sprig curry leaves


CRUSH COARSELY IN A MOTAR:

(B)
3 pips of garlic with skin
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp pepper corns

(C)
2 cups of tamarind juice from a gooseberry size tamarind
1 tomato crushed
A pinch of tumeric powder
Salt to taste


Little cut coriander leaves.

Method:

Heat the oil in a mud pot. Add in the ingredients in (A) one by one.
Saute for a second, add in the ingredients in (B).
Saute for a minute well.
Add in the ingredients in (C). Taste and adjust the tanginess by adding little water.
Remove the rasam from heat, when foam forms on the top.
Garnish with the cut coriander leaves.
Give a steaming hot cup of rasam to a person suffering from cold.