PEPPER SOUP / MILAGU RASAM

Hi All,

This PEPPER SOUP / MILAGU RASAM is very traditional soup which we make often in our home.During winters this rasam will be made atleast twice in a week to prevent from cold .

Also I make this rasam next day after Non-veg was made for good digestion.

The recipe of this powerful , spicy rasam recipe is as below,

INGREDIENTS :

Tamarind – gooseberry sized ball.

Coconut oil / ghee – 1 tsp.

Mustard – 1/4 tsp.

Garlic – 5 pods.

Curry leaves – few

Tomato – 1 no ( big sized)

Asafoetida – 1/8 tsp.

Dry red chillies – 1 nos.

Coriander leaves – a bunch.

Jaggery - 1/2 tsp.

TO GRIND :

Garlic – 10 pods.

Pepper – 2 tsp.

Cumin – 1 tsp.

Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp.

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp.

Curry leaves – a sprig.

Coconut – 2 tsp.

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METHOD :

1. Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 mins , extract the juice and discard the pulp.
   
2. Grind tomatoes roughly and crush garlic roughly.
   
   
3. Grind our grinding ingredients to coarse paste ( garlic , pepper , cumin , turmeric powder , coriander powder , curry leaves , coconut).

   

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4. Heat oil in a shallow vessel and add mustard , when mustard stars spluttering add cumin and wait till splutters . Followed by garlic,curry leaves ,red chillies and saute till light brown.
   
5. Now add tamarind water , ground masala , crushed tomato , asafoetida ,salt ,1 cup of water ,jaggery and boil till bubbles forms.
   
6. When rasam starts bubbling , add chopped coriander leaves and remove from flame.
   
7. Serve hot with rice or even you can drink as soup.
   

NOTES :

1. Don't grind the masala to very fine paste , coarse paste works well.
2. You can even chop tomatoes to small pieces.My mum use to boil tomatoes in water and then she will crush it with hand.You can follow as per your convenience.
3. Don't over boil rasam , just bubbling stage is enough.
4. Instead of grinding coconut , you can add coconut milk too ( coconut milk tastes even better ).
   HAPPY COOKING!!