To have Milagu rasam is a great relief and a sure try, when you have cold or nasal congestion or stomach upset or simply when you are not feeling well.

Yeild 6 servings
Time 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1 tbsp – oil

1/2 tbsp – Mustard

1/2 tbsp – Jeeragam

1 pinch – Asofoetida Powder

1.5 tbsp – Jeeraga podi (Cumin powder)

1.5 tbsp – Milagu podi (Crushed Black Pepper)

1 – Vara Milagai (Red Chilli)

1 pinch – Turmeric Powder

4 nos – Poondu (Garlic)

1 twig – Curry leaves

2 – Tomatoes small

1 lemon size – Tamarind

1/4 bunch – Corriander leaves

Preparation:

Soak tamarind in 5 glasses of water. After 5 minutes, crush the tamarind and squeeze to extract the juice and throw away the fibre residue.

Dice the tomatoes and add it to the tamarind water. Add salt to taste and heat this mix in medium flame.

Coarse grind the jeeragam, milagu, manajal, red chilli(optional), poondu and curry leaves in a mixie or a blender without adding water. Add this mixture to the tamarind water. Let it boil for 2-3 minutes, not more than that.

Heat oil in a vessel/pan. Add mustard and then jeeragam. Let it pop up and then add a pinch of asafoetida powder and saute it.

Now pour the blended tamarind water into the above sauted content and add corriander leaves. Put off the stove after 1-2 minutes of boiling.

Courtesy: Subadhra Sriram