Ingredients

• Molagu (black pepper)- 1 tsp
• Tuar dal -1 tsp
• Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves- a small bunch
• Red chillies 2
• Garlic- 4 or 5
• Tamarind -lemon size
• Oil- 1tsp for frying
• Ghee- 1 tsp for seasoning

How to Make Molagu (Pepper) Rasam

• Soak tamarind in water for some time. Fry tuar dal, black pepper, red chillies, garlic and curry leaves. Make it into paste and keep it aside.
• Make a paste out of the soaked tamarind. Add 2 or 3 glasses of water to this paste and allow it to boil for some time in a vessel.
• Now add the ground paste to it. Dilute the rasam by adding some more water. Let the rasam boil till everything mixes well.
• Season the rasam with mustard seeds fried in ghee.