Milagu jeeragam Poondu Rasam

This rasam is very good for cold/cough.

Ingredients:

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• Coriander seeds - 2 tblespoon
• Chana dal - 1 teaspoon
• tuar dal - 1 teaspoon
• Jeera - 1.5 teaspoon
• Pepper corns - 1 teaspoon
• Red chilli,dried - 1 to 3
• fenugreek - 1/4 tsp
• tamarind - 1 medium lemon sized
• turmeric powder - a pinch
• curry leaves - few
• coriander leaves,finely chopped - 2 tablespoon
• salt to taste
• Hing/asfoetida - a very small pinch
• jaggery - a half inch piece
• garlic pods - 8 to 10
• mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
• jeera - 1/4 teaspoon
• ghee - 1 teaspoon
• tomato,chopped - 1 medium size

Method:

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• Soak coriander seeds,dals,pepper,jeera,red chilli,garlic pods and curry leaves in hot water for 20 min.
• Soak tamarind in hot water for 5 min and extract the juice out of it.
• Grind the soaked ingredients with little water . The ground paste should be sightly coarse.(not too fine)
• In a thick bottomed vessel,add the tamarind extract,turmeric powder,jaggery,hing,salt,tomato and cook till the raw smell of tamarind goes off.
• Add the ground paste to it and cook covered till the raw smell goes off.Open the lid in between and stir it.(otherwise it may overflow from the vessel).
• Dilute the contents by adding 2 to 3 cups of water(Pour correct amount of water so that the rasam should not lose its taste on dilution and at the same time it should not be thick).
• Do not allow the rasam to boil. When you see froth on the surface ,switch off and temper with mustard seeds and jeera in a tsp of ghee.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Yummy rasam is ready.Fight your cold with hot rasam.