Thursday, September 16, 2010

Miriyaala/Pepper Rasam


Ingredients:

Water : 1000 ml/1 ltr
tamarind: big lemon size (soak in water and extract pulp)
Red chillies : 7 (broken)
Garlic - 3 pods (crushed)
Cilantro : 1/2 cup cut
Oil : 1.5 tsp
Salt : 1tsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1tsp
Pepper powder : 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder : 1/2 tsp
Methi powder : 1/3 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Dhania powder - 1 tsp
Sugar - a pinch


Method:

Mix the tamarind extract in water well.
Add salt, chilli, dhania, sugar, cumin and methi powder.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add mustard and cumin seeds. Let it splutter.
Add cilantro, pepper powder broken red chillies and crushed garlic. Let it cook few min.
Add Tamarind water and cook for few min.

This rasam can be made when suffering from cold/recovering from fever. Can be made on a regular day as well :-)

3 comments:

  1. I tried your pepper rasam , it came out very well.My husband fell in love with my rasam, he eats it with rice and sometimes he just want to drink it like a soup, he says its very soothing to the throat.
    Thanks Sruthi for the wonderful recipe.

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  2. Thanks Suchi for your lovely comments .... I am still waiting for your ONAM recipes...

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  3. Normally I make miriyala rasam with my mom's rasam powder. but this time i tried your receipe it came nicely.

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