Gooseberry Rasam (Nellikai Rasam)

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Ingredients:

• Gooseberry (Nellikai) water - 1 Cup (Cut 8to10 piece, grine it and take the water)
• Rasam powder - 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Pepper powder or Whole peppercorn - 1 tsp
• Tomato (chopped ) - 1
• Green or red chilly - 5
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Tuwar dal  (boiled and smashed) - 1 cup
• Asafetida (powder) - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Mustard - 1 teaspoon
• Curry leafs- 1 stem
• Ghee - 4 tsp
• Water - 3 cups
• Salt - to taste

Procedure:

• Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan. After ghee melted, add green chilly, tomato pieces, Ginger Garlic paste and fry it for 2 mins.
• Add pepper powder, Asafetida powder, rasam powder,Turmeric powder and mix well.
• Add gooseberry water and water.
• Add boiled and smashed Tuwar dal, salt  and mix well.
• Cook it in a low flame. Don't leave it to boil
• Heat 2 tspn of ghee in a pan and fry mustard seeds. When the mustard starts to crackle add cumin seeds, Curry leafs and mix it to the above rasam.

       Serve hot with rice.