I prepare this special rasam whenever anyone at home catches cold/ cough. Its an excellent relief for cold/cough or even fever.
Main Ingredients:
Toor Dal - 2 spoons
Curry leaves - a few
Garlic pods - 3
8-10 pepper seeds
coconut grating - 2 spoons
turmeric
half spoon rasam powder
tamarind - as per taste
jaggery - as per taste
Salt as per taste
Ghee - 2 spoons
water.
Seasoning:
Ghee
mustard
jeera
curry leaves
1 garlic pod
a pinch of hing (optional).
Method:
Roast the toor dal in 2 spoon of ghee. After a minute add curry leaves, garlic pods and pepper. Roast until they change color.
Then put this to mixie/blender. Also, add coconut grating, half spoon rasam powder and tamarind.
Transfer the contents into a thick bottomed vessel. Add as much water to get the runny rasam consistency. Add turmeric, jaggery and salt as per taste and bring to boil. [Remember, it gets thick as it boils, so add enough water. Just 2 spoons of toor dal/coconut is sufficient for a family of 4].
Complete it with a perfect ghee seasoning - by adding mustard, jeera, curry leaves and garlic.
Serve it hot with rice. Tastes better with liberal serving of ghee and of course plenty of love ;)
