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Dhal Pepper Water
Ingredients
1 cup Tur Dhal-wash & boil with 2 cups of water till soft - strain & keep the water for the Rasam. Salt to taste; Tamarind as big as a lime spakin 2cups of warm water & extractthe pulp & keep (you could take the tamarind extract 2-3 times). Broil &make a fine powder 1-8 dry chilles, 1 tspn Jeera seeds; 1tspn Pepper Corns, 8-12 pods of Garlic. For Seasoning: 1tspn Mustard seeds, a spig of curry leaves, a big pinch of asafetida pwd; oil 2 tbspns, 2 dry chillies de seeded & broken up into pcs. Methi seeds -1/2 tspn. For Garnish: chopped corriander leaves 2-3 tbspns.
Method
Take the Dhal water add the ground masala, add salt, 1/2 tspn turmeric pwd, & the tamarind water mix well & bring to a bubble- lower heat & leave to simmer for 10/15 mins for the raw tamarind smell to go- season with the seasonings items & pour over the Rasam- garnish withchopped corriander leaves& serve with steamed Rice & Masala Steaks/Pepper Steaks/ masala Chops or crumb chops etc.,

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