Kokum rasam (Punarpuli Rasam)

This is another easy rasam recipe.

Kokum is a fruit thats available in Mangalore region of Karnataka and some parts of Kerala.The skin of this fruit has medicinal values.The skin is dried along with salt during summer and preserved through out the year.The juice extracted from this fruit is used in preparing rasam,juice etc.Its a very good medicine for giddiness,loss of appetite.One tumbler juice with jaggery in morning reduces giddiness.

Ingradients for Rasam :

1.Kokum - 5-6 skins(dried)
2.Chilli powder - 2 spoons
3.Garllic - 5-6
4.Jeera - 1 spoon
5.Mustard - 1 spoon
6.Jaggery - 3 spoons
7.Salt - as per taste

Method : Soak kokum overnight in water.Add the grated jaggery and salt into this and boil it.When it is boiling add chilli powder.Take it off the stove once it boils.Heat oil in a small pan, add garlic.When garlic is half cooked,add mustard and jeera.Heat it until mustard splutters.Mix this tadka with the rasam that you just boiled.Add more jaggery if its too sour.