Kurumalagu Rasam (Pepper Garlic Soup)

Be it a rainy afternoon or you have a bad cold or no particular reason at all - all these are good reasons to have this peppery rasam. Rasam is usually had at the end of a sadhya. The ingredients used in it - pepper, garlic, jeera, asafoetida, corriander are all good for digestion and relieves you from cold, throat pain. That is why it is taken during fever also.
There are few varieties of rasam also - Pepper rasam, tomato rasam, parippu rasam. So without any more explanation lets go straight to the recipe.

Ingredients:

Tamrind                     One lemon size
Chilli powder              1/2 tsp
Hing Powder               3 pinch
Turmeric powder        1 pinch
Salt                             1 tsp
Water                          4 cups

For Masala:

Pepper                      2 tsp
Garlic                        4 cloves
Corriander                1/2 tsp
Jeera                         1/2 tsp

Method:

Add the first set of ingredients aand allow to boil. Grind masala with little water and add. Boil in low flame for 7 minutes. For tadka - heat little oil in a pan. Add mustard, red chilli, jeera, curry leaves and fry. Add to rasam. Add chopped corriander leaves and serve hot.