Thamizhar Pakkam - Kitchen Section

Visitors Recipe
Pepper Water
Ingredients
1/2 tbspn PepperCorns; 1 tbspn Jeera 4 -6 Dried Chillies;6-8 cloves of Garlic; Tomatoes 2; Salt to taste; Tamarind as big as a lime; mustard seeds1/2 tspn; Curry leaves a sprig;2 dry chillies de seeded&broken up + 2 green chillies deseeded & cut into two; Asafetida pwd 1/4 tspn; Methi seeds - 1/2 tspn; Oil2 tbspns; Chopped corriander leaves for garnish. Coarsely grind (powder) the Pepper corns; Jeera seeds; Dry Chillies& garlic & Keep aside. Cut tomatoes each into 8 pcs & keep. Extract the juice from the tamarind 2 to 3 times & keep aside.
Method
In a vessel pour oil when hot add mustard seeds, methi seeds, dry & green chillies, curry leaves, when it splutters add the hing powder, salt to taste lower flame & add the coarsely powdered masala fry for 2 mins till a nice smell arises &the garlic is a golden brown now add the chopped tomatoes & tamarind water & bring to a boil, once it starts bubbling lower flame & leave to simmer for 10 mins (for the raw tamarind smell to go) remove from heat & garnish with chopped corriander leaves. Serve with steamed Rice & fried fish or any Fry

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