Sata Pushpa Rasam (dill seed soup)

Indications

• Body pain
  
• Joint pains
  
• Swelling
  
• Loss of appetite
  
• Worms
  
• Constipation
  
• Fever
  
• Produces perspiration
  
• Stomach disorders
  
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Ingredients

Tamarind – 10 gm
Tomato – 1
Rock salt – to taste
Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
Pepper – 1 spoon
Dill seeds (shata pushpa) – 1 spoon
Ghee –1 spoon
Mustard – ½ spoon
Asafoetida – 2 pinch
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Coriander leaves – few
Water – sufficient quantity

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Preparation

1. Squeeze the tamarind in the water.
   
2. Add chopped tomatoes, rock salt and a pinch of turmeric powder to it and let it boil on a low flame.
   
3. Fry pepper and dill seeds in ghee.
   
4. Coarsely powder it.
   
5. Add this powder to the boiling tamarind water after few minutes.
   
6. Remove from fire.
   
7. Add chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves.
   
8. Season it with ghee, mustard seeds and asafoetida.
   
9. This may be served with rice and suitable side dish.
   
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