Indian Food and Meal Ideas
Pepper Rasam
For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide
Recipe 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.
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For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide
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