Rasam is great combination along with rice and especially will be used frequently by south indians. For south Indians since rice is main food, they usually prepare both sambar and rasam to eat along with rice.
Rasam consumption helps in digestion and you can drink it during cold and cough to get some relief to your throat. there are many rasam recipes and i have tried this below recipe
Ingredients:
Tomato-1
Garlic- 1/2 cup
Jeera-1 tbl spoon
Red chilli- 4-5
Pepper corn-8-10
Tamarind- 1 tbl spoon
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tea spoon
Coriander leaves- 1 cup
For tempering:
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tea spoon
Methi seeds- 1/2 tea spoon
Oil- 1 tbl spoon
Curry leaves
Method:
Soak tamarind for sometime and squeeze the pulp to make the tamerind juice and keep aside.
Grind garlic, jeera and pepper corn and keep aside.
Take a vessel and heat it. Add mustard seeds, allow it to pop.
Add oil, methi seeds and curry leaves into it.
Add red chilli and tomato,turmeric powder and fry till the tomato becomes soft and mash it with spoon.
Add the grind masala and fry till the raw smell goes away.
and add tamarind juice and allow it boil.
Add salt for taste.
At the end, add chopped coriander leaves.
Now tomato rasam is ready to eat. this is good combination to be eaten along with rice and when hot you can drink to get relief to the throat as it has garlic, pepper and red chilli
Simple Home remedies with easily available items in the home:
Lemon is one more of that easily available item in the kitchen which has lot more medicinal benefits.
Add lemon juice into warm water and drink regularly, it helps in losing weight, reducing cholesterol.
