Sata Pushpa Rasam (dill seed soup)

Indications

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

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.