Milagu Rasam

Ingredients

• • Tamarind - small lemon size
• • Water - 3 ½ cups
• • Salt - as required
• • Jaggery/Sugar - as required
• • Asafoetidas - a little
• • Ghee or oil (for seasoning) - as required
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Curry leaves (for garnishing) - 1 sprig
• • Coriander leaves (for garnishing) - a little

Ingredients For Grinding Together Coarsely

• • Coriander seeds - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Cumin seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Red chillies - 2
• • Garlic - 2 flakes
• • Curry leaves - few
• • Pepper - ¼ teaspoon

Method

• 1. Soak tamarind in water for ½ an hour and squeeze to extract juice from it.
• 2. Dilute with water and add dal cooked water (if available).
• 3. Add salt, sugar, asafoetida and heat.
• 4. When it starts boiling add pound ingredients, curry leaves, coriander leaves.
• 5. Heat oil, add mustard seeds for seasoning and pour over rasam.
• 6. When rasam starts boiling remove from fire immediately and close with a lid.