Cumin - Pepper Rasam

Ingredients:

• ½ cup cooked Thur dal
• 1 – 1 ½ sp Puli Paste
• 1 – 1 ½ sp Rasam Powder
• For Seasoning:
• 1 sp Mustard seeds
• 1 sp Cumin seeds
• ¼ sp Turmeric powder
• 1 Ripe Tomato (optional)
• A pinch of asafetida
• Salt
• 2 sp Ghee
• Curry leaves
• 2 teas poons of crushed black pepper and cumin seeds

Method:

• In a pan pour 1 cup water and add ‘puli paste’.
• Mix well and add Rasam powder, turmeric powder, salt and asafetida powder.
• Now keep the pan on stove.
• Let it boil for 5 – 10 min.
• Add cooked dal.
• At this time you add 1 cup water more in the rasam.
• Now add crushed black pepper and cumin seeds.
• Bring it to a boil and remove from the fire and add curry leaves.
• This rasam is good for digestion, to remove cold and caugh.