Pacchi pulusu / Tangy onion chilli soup

Hii,

Yesterday I prepared mulakkai tomato eguru ( drumstick tomato curry ) which doesnt have much gravy.
So wanted to make something like rasam or sambhar.But no time..hubby is hungrryy !!
Then remembered my mom's quick pacchipulusu...ahhaa the thought it self  left my mouth watering.

Lets have the recipie here !!!

Ingredients :

water - 3 cups
green mirchi - 4 to 6 ( cut into slits )
onions -1 big
jeera- 1 spn
tamarind - fistful
salt- acc to taste

1. First boil the water until luke warm
2. Mean while soak the tamarind and take out the pulp
3. Add this pulp to the warm boiled water
4. chop onions into small pieces and add to the above
5. Now put a small kadahi on the stove and heat it
6. add a spoon of oil , fry the green chilli slits with jeera
7. Once fried nicely, add some salt to the chilli slits and jeera and add this to the water in step 3.
8. See is salt is fine or else adjust up to your taste

Enjoyyy the wonderful flavour of pacchi pulusu.

Andhra Rasam

Hello...

I am back after a month;s gap.Went to home town just to chill out.
Back with one of my favourite recipie Rasam .Its a simple yet tasty one which sets comfortably with tiffins like idli,dosa ,upma and also in hot steamed rice ...

Lets have a look !!!

Ingredients:

1. Water -3 cups
2. Tamarind - lemon sized ( soak tamarind in water before 5 mins and squeeze the pulp and keep it aside)
3. kothimeera / coriander - handful of leaves

4. garlic/vellulli - 5 pods
5. Salt - acc to taste
6. turmeric powder - acc to taste
7.chilli powder - acc to taste

Seasoning :

1.Mustard seeds – 2tsp
2.Hing – pinch
3.Curry leaves- few
4.Chana dal – 1tsp
5.Urad dal – 1tsp
6.Cumin seeds – 1tsp
7.Mustard seeds – 1tsp
8.Red chillies – 4
9.Oil – 1tspn
10. crushed garlic pods- 3

Procedure:

1. Add water, salt, turmeric powder,chillipowder,crushed garlic pods,tamarind pulp and
   let it boil until it reaches boiling point and nice arome stikes your kitchen
2. Now take a small kadai
3. add oil , allow it to heat
4. Now add all the ingredients under seasoning and allow them to get cooked for 2 mins
5. Now add this seasoning content into our rasam prepared in step 1.

Mouth watering and tempting Rasam is ready.We can serve it with rice,idli,dosa etc..
Note: We can add boiled and blanched tomatoes ,which makes it tomato rasam
      and adding more of ginger while cooking makes it ginger rasam -good for cough and cold.