Molag Chatumdh / Black Pepper Rasam & Molag Pudi / Black Pepper Powder

Black Pepper Rasam, called in tamil as Molag Rasam either way this is a special type of rasam. In kannada people call it as Menasina Saaru. I must tell this...This rasam is one of the best appetizer drink, also used as home made treatment drink when suffering from fever, tummy(Stomach) pain, heartburn.

Again given to mom?s who have just delivered a baby for atleast 3 months. If you ask my mom she will say that it is custom and the main reasons behind this are
Easily Digestable for the baby who is still having mother?s milkWill keep the Cold Symptoms away from the mother and childAlso this is a very balanced food with no fat content

Especially prepared and used in most South Indian Homes. It is also made regularly for lunch or dinner, when you make kootu or sambar. Dal can be added to it to make it more tasty. If you want to drink just like an appetizer or a medicinal drink then you have to make it without the dal. It is very easy to make this.

Adding curry leaves in this rasam powder makes it more healthy, digestive and also gives a very distinct fragrance to the rasamCurry leaves are used in almost all south indian recipes and powders. For more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_Tree
Sending this to Kadumanga by smitha


Ingredients for Molag Pudi / Black Pepper Powder

1/2 cup Urad dal / Black gram / Uluthuparppu1 tsp Chana dal /Bengal gram / kadalpappu1 & 1/2 tsp Black Pepper / Molag 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeera / Cheera1/2 tsp Coriander seeds / Dhaniya / kothambari vere1 cup Curry leaves / Karivepallai / Kadipatta

Method

Dry and roast all the ingredients and make a fine powder in the blender / mixerStore it in airtight box

Molag Pudi / Black Pepper Powder

Ingredients for Molag Chatumbdh / Pepper Rasam

Method

Wash the toor dal /tuvar paruppu add 2 cups of water with pinch of turmeric pressure cookTake a pan add dal and add 1 cup of water, salt, pudi/powder & curry leaves bring to boil and remove from the stoveAdd lemon juice and serve with hot white rice

Molag Chatumbdh / Pepper Rasam

Ingredients for Plain Pepper Rasam / Molag Chatumbdh

2 tsp - Pepper powder / Molag pudiSalt to tasteLemon juice to taste1-2 Curry leaves, chopped

Method

Take a pan heat 1 cup of water Add pudi / powder, salt & curry leaves Boil the rasam & remove from the stoveAdd lemon juice & serve hot

Plain Pepper Rasam / Molag Chatumbdh