Pepper Water (Rasam)

Ingredients:

• Water – 1 liter
• Ripe Tomatoes – 3
• Salt – to taste
• Peppercorns – 1 teaspoon
• Ginger paste – 1 teaspoon
• Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Onion – 1
• Garlic – 6 cloves
• Tamarind – 1 lime size piece
• Red Chillies – 3
• Curry leaves – 4
• Mustard seeds – ¼ teaspoon

Method:
Mix tamarind in water. Squeeze the pulp well and throw the pulp out. Squeeze tomato in the same water. Take out the seeds and skin. Keep the flesh. Add salt to it. Roast the pepper corns and cumin seeds. Crush and powder it roughly. Try all the rest of the ingredients in oil, after chopping them finely. Put the crushed cumin seed and peppercorns to the seasoning and stir once. Add the tomato and tamarind juice to it and keep it covered. Allow it to boil for 5 minutes and then remove.