Kandanthippili Rasam

Properties

• It is a very good appetizer
  
• Digests the ama
  
• Increases the Agni
  
• Best in reliving the flatulence
  
• Balances vata and kapha
  
• Increases pitta
  

Indication

• Chronic fever
  
• Delayed menstruation
  
• Difficulty in delivery
  
• Loss of appetite
  
• Indigestion
  
• Constipation
  
• Stomach pain
  
• Dry piles
  
• Enlargement of abdomen
  

Ingredients

Tamarind – 10 gm
Tomato – 1
Rock salt – to taste
Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
Thoor dal – ¼ cup
Pepper – 1 spoon
Cumin seeds – 1 spoon
Long pepper roots – 5 gm
Ghee –1 spoon
Mustard – ½ spoon
Asafoetida – 2 pinch
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Coriander leaves – few
Water – sufficient quantity

Preparation

1. Squeeze the tamarind in the water
   
2. Add chopped tomatoes, a pinch of turmeric powder and rock salt to it
   
3. Let it boil in low flame till the tomatoes becomes soft
   
4. Boil and mash the thoor dal separately
   
5. Fry pepper, long pepper roots and cumin in little ghee
   
6. Coarsely powder it
   
7. Add this powder to the boiling soup
   
8. Also add the mashed thoor dal
   
9. Let it boil for a few minutes
   
10. Take it away from fire
    
11. Add chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves
    
12. Season it with ghee, mustard seeds and asafoetida
    
13. This can be served with rice and suitable side dish