Pepper rasam

Ingredients:

Tamarind            -  1 small lemon sized
Tomato              -  1 medium size
Pepper               -  1 tea spoon
Jeera                  -  1 tea spoon
Red chili             -  1 no
Ghee                  -  1 tea spoon
Mustard seeds    -  1 tea spoon
Asafoitida           -  1 pinch
Curry leaves       -  a few leaves
Salt to taste

1.  Soak tamarind in warm water for 1 hr.
2.  Heat kadai and take 1/2 tea spoon of ghee and add the pepper and red chili.
3.  Remove from kadai allow it to cook and grind it along with tomato and jeera.
4.  Squeeze the tamarind and take 1 cup of juice.
5.  Add salt and asafoitida and bring to boil.
6.  Once it starts boiling add the ground masala and boil for 5 mins.
7.  Now add 1 cup of water and bring to boil.
8.  Just as it starts boiling remove from stove.
9.  Heat 1/2 tea spoon of ghee in a kadai and add mustard seeds.
10.Once the mustard crackles add the curry leaves and add to the rasam.
11.Pepper rasam  ready.