Milagu Rasam

Serves:	4
Recipe Type:	Veg.
Preparation Time:	10 M
Cooking Time:	10 M
Difficulty:	Easy

Ingredients:

• 2 tamarind (lemon sized balls)
• Salt to taste
  
  For the Paste:
• 2 tbsp Red Gram Dal
• 2 tsp Pepper
• 2 tsp Coriander Seeds
• 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
• 2 Red Chilies (dried)
• 4 tsp Oil
  
  For the Seasoning:
• 2 tsp Ghee or Purified Butter
• 2 sprigs Curry Leaves
• Coriander Leaves
• A pinch of Asafetida

Cooking Instructions:

• Fry red gram dal, pepper, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, red chilies in oil and grind it and make a paste out of it.
• Boil the tamarind in water and remove the pulp of tamarind
• Add little salt, water about 4 cups and make a boil.
• Take about 8 cups of water and mix the paste.
• Add the tamarind boiling water to it and boil it further
• Fry curry leaves in ghee/ Purified butter.
• Season it with asafetida, coriander leaves and the fried curry leaves.

Suggestions:

• Serve with hot rice.