| By : Naina ( Posted on :24 Feb, 2007 ) | Total Views : 1152 | Previous | Next |
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 lemon sized Tamarind
3-4cups Water
a pinch of Turmeric powder
2 Split green chillies
1sprig Curry leaves
Chopped Coriander leaves
Salt to taste
a pinch of Sugar
For seasoning
2 tsp Oil
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
2 Broken red chillies
a pinch of Asafetida
few Curry leaves
For Rasam Masala (Charu podi)
1tsp Black pepper
3tsp Coriander seeds
2tsp Cumin seeds
3 Red chillies
2tbs Red gram dal
Directions
1. Slightly roast all the ingredients for rasam masala and grind to a fine powder. Store this masala in an air tight container.
2. Heat oil in a pan and season mustard seeds. When they splutter, add all the other ingredients for seasoning and fry for a few minutes.
3. Add tamarind dissolved in water, chopped green chillies, turmeric powder, salt to taste, sugar and 1tsp of rasam powder. Bring to a boil, add coriander leaves and curry leaves. Remove from fire after few seconds.
