Pepper Rasam

Rasam is a famous dish in South India. And here is the recipe for Pepper Rasam which is a kind of rasam in alot of types... This is also good for cough and cold since pepper is used... And I just love to gulp a cup of any rasam :) This is also easy to prepare when you dont have any veggies at home! Important ingredients here are tamarind, tomato and pepper :)

Preparation time : 10 min
Cooking time :  30 - 40 min

Ingredients:
1. Tomato -2
2. Tamarind - small lemon sized ball
3. Whole black pepper - 1 tbsp (if you like it can use 1 1/2 tbsp)
4. Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
4. Garlic - 2 cloves
5. Turmeric Powder - a pinch
6. Sambar Powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
7. Curry leaves - few
8. Salt to taste
9. Coriander leaves - 2tbsp
10. Water - 1 3/4 cup
11. Jaggery - 1 tsp (optional)

Seasoning:
1. Ghee - 1 tsp
2. Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
3. Red Chilli - 2
4. Curry leaves - few
5. Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Method:
1. Soak tamarind in warm water and get juice from pulp
2. Grind jeera,pepper,garlic and curry for few seconds in mixie
3. In a kadi, add cup of tamarind juice, chopped tomatoes, sambar powder, turmeric powder, jaggery, mixture prepared in step 2 and salt and boil
2. Once it starts boiling, reduce the flame and simmer for 15 mins
3. Now add water and boil in medium flame (nearly 10 - 15 mins)
4. Once forth starts forming switch off th gas
5. Add finely chopped coriander leaves
6. In a pan heat ghee and add mustard seeds, once it splutters add all other ingredients under 'For seasoning' and put it into rasam and mix

Note:
1. Can use black pepper powder if you want instead of grinding the black pepper