RASAM / TAMARIND SOUP

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A new day a new recipe to your pallet. Today's recipe is Rasam which is commonly you can find in South Indian families. It is a tangy and slightly spicy. It has its medicinal values. Good for indigestion and my mom gives us when we have cold too.

My recipe is a basic normal rasam. If you want to add tomatoes you can too. So youngsters out there you can do this rasam. It is so simple to do. Try it at home.

INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoon tamarind

5 cloves garlic (crushed roughly)

2 1/2 cup water

1/2 teaspoon cumin powder

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1/2 teaspoon pepper powder

2 sprigs of curry leaves

4 dry chilies (break into half)

1 teaspoon talipu (mix spices)

1 tablespoon oil

Salt to taste

METHOD

1. In a container add in water and the tamarind. Squeeze the pulp out and take out the seeds.Taste for the sourness you need.

2. Now use a pestle and motor mash the garlic, Then add the turmeric powder, pepper powder, cumin powder, mashed garlic and salt to taste in the tamarind water. Combine all together. Taste for salt now.

3. In a manchatti / claypot heat up oil and add in the talipu, dry chilies and the curry leaves.

4. Simmer till it boils at the side then switch of the stove.

5. Now rasam is ready to be eaten. Best to be eaten with rice or drink it on its own.