Miriyalu charu( pepper rasam)

Pepper rasam is very popular rasam all over in Andhra.It is a comfort rasam during winter season.It can be made easily with few spices.This is very good for kids especially when they caught cold during winter, gives a big relief and works great.Both of my kids caught cold so I  thought of preparing this rasam.My kids love to have this any time.Here my easy pepper rasam recipe.

Ingredients:

• Tamarind lemon size ball
• tomato1
• curry leaves 2 strings
• turmeric powder 1/4 tspn
• onion 1 small
• green chilli 2
• corriander 1 tbspn
• garlic 7 to 10 pods
• pepper 1 1/2 tbspn
• jeera 1/2 tspn
•  oil 2 tbspn
• methi seeds 1/4 tspn
• Mustard 1/2 tspn
• Jaggary 1 tspn( optional)
• Asafoetida 1/4 tspn
• water 5 to 8 cups
  

 spice powder: grind pepper ,jeera,corriander seeds into powder and keep aside.


Procedure:

• Boil water in a bowl,when it starts boiling add tamarind pulp( squeeze juice from tamarind),chopped onions,green chilli curry leaves,tomatoes(chopped),turmeric and salt
• crush 3 pods garlic,1/2 tspn jeera,1 tspn corriander seeds.Add this crushed spices to the above bowl.Optionally we may add jaggary if we feel kids feel spicy.
• Boil around 15 mins in medium heat.Add half  of spice powder to the boiling rasam.
• Now for tadka heat 1 tbspn oil add mustard,jeera,redchillies,crushed garlic ,curryleaves,asafoetida,methi seeds and remaining spice powder.Yummy rasam is ready great during winter season.