Pepper Rasam

Ingredients

• 1 small tomato, chopped into small cubes
• 1 1/2 tsp peppercorns
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• 2 tsp thick tamarind juice
• 1/2 tsp sugar or jaggery water
• 1 tsp chopped coriander leaves
• A pinch of hing(asoefetida)
• Salt to taste
• 2 tsp ghee(clarified butter)
• 6 cups of water

Method

• Powder the peppercorns in a peppermill or coffee grinder to get a very coarse powder.
• Mix together the water, tomato, pepper,salt sugar(jaggery) and tamarind juice.
• Bring it to a boil on a low flame.
• Season with mustard, hing, curry leaves and cumin in ghee.
• Garnish with chopped coriander.
• Eat when hot with plain rice.