Cooking for pleasure

Monday, October 23, 2006

Pachi Pulusu

Ingredients:
Tamarind (2 tsps/a very small ball)
Water (3-4 small cups)
Salt
Jaggery (1-2 tsp)(Depends on how sweet you like ur rasam)
Onion (1 small)
Green Chilli (2 )
Crushed Coriander seeds(1/2 tsp)
Mustard Seeds
Jeera
Hing/Vamu Seeds
Dry chilli
Turmeric
Curry Leaf
Cilantro

Method:
Cut Onions to small pieces, slit chilli vertically .Soak Tamarind in water for 20 minutes and extract the juice . Add water until it comes to the consistency of rasam. Mix ground jaggery, salt, onion, crushed Coriander seeds and add the tamarind water to it.
Take oil in a small pan for tadka, and once heated add mustard seeds, Jeera, Dry Chilli, turmeric, curry leaf and vamu seeds and let it splutter.
Add this to the rasam. Top it with some cilantro leaves.

Great with pappu beeyam, pongal and other rice dishes :-)