veppam poo rasam | Neem flower rasam-How to make-Video

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu | Cooking Time: 5 to 8 minutes | To Serve: 3 | Type : Side dish, rasam, saaru, charu, soup | Take with : Rice

Ingredients

• Veppam poo [Neem flower] – 3 springs
• Tamarind juice – 2 tbsp
• Tomato – 1
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Green & dry red chilli – 1
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp
• Cumin, coriander, pepper powder – 1 tbsp
• Sugar or jaggery a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Asafetida a pinch
• Ghee -1 tbsp
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Water as needed

Preparation Method

• Wash and soak tomato & tamarind in warm water for 5 min. Then mash well with hands & drain the skin & extract water.
• Heat pan with oil add mustard seeds & let it splutter. Then add cumin seeds.
• Add garlic, dry red chilli, neem flower & curry leaves sauté.
• Add tomato with tamarind mixed water then add asafetida, turmeric powder, salt, cumin and pepper powder mix well & let it boil.
• When boiling then add sugar turn off heat.
• Heat another pan then add ghee & 2 tbsp neem flower sauté or fry.
• Sprinkle sautéed neem flower & Serve hot with rice.

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