Ingredients

• Poppy seeds (white ellu) - 1 tsp
• Red chilli - 4 or 5
• Urad dal - 1 tsp
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• Coconut - 1/4 cup
• Tamarind - little bit
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste

How to Make Kai Rasam

• First fry the poppy seeds without mixing it in oil and keep it separately.
• Then fry coconut, red chilli, urad dhal and jeera till it turns a little brown, mix it with poppy seeds and allow it to cool down.
• In the meantime, soak whatever vegetables you are using in tamarind water and boil them till the smell of tamarind goes away completely.
• Grind the mixture in a blender and pour it on the vegetables and add some salt to taste.