1. Rasam (Tomato soup with Lentils and pumpkin leaves)
Ingredients:
One medium size tomato (chopped)
1/4 onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
1-green chilli , chopped (Avoid this if you do not want to be spicy hot)
1 tbsp jaggery (brown sugar)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
one handful pumpkin leaves
1/4 tsp coriander seeds powder
1 /4 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsps peppercorns or powder (use according to the hotness you need)
salt as required.
1/4 cup lentils boiled to mushy consistency (Pigeon peas lentils also called toor dal is preferable)
Recipe
1. Boil the tomatoes, pumpkin leaves , chillies and garlic with lentils in 1 cup of water.
2. Heat the oil in a pan.
3. Splutter the mustard seeds.
4. Add the asafoetida powder and onion and fry for a minute.
5. Pour the boiled tomatoes, lentil mix. Add salt to taste.
6. Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes.
2. Medicinal soup (one)
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of all the following spices
Asafoetida,
Ani seeds,
Black pepper
Turmeric powder
Garlic-one big clove
Ginger - same amount as ginger
Tomato - medium size
salt as needed.
Recipe:
Grind the above in a blender and boil it in a pan.
Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
3.Medicinal soup - two
Ingredients:
Decoction of dry gingers, black pepper, peepali, nutmeg, bay leaf, jaggery.
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of all the following spices
Nutmeg powder
Peepali
Black pepper
Ginger - same amount as ginger
Bay leaf (one or two)
Jaggery (brown sugar) one teaspoon
Tomato - medium size
salt as needed.
Recipe
Grind the above in a blender and boil it in a pan.
Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
4. Rasam (Neem leaves with Tomato and Lentils )
Ingredients:
One medium size tomato (chopped)
1/4 onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
1-green chilli , chopped (Avoid this if you do not want to be spicy hot)
1 tbsp jaggery (brown sugar)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
few neem leaves (based on how much bitterness one can handle, if you do not have fresh use a quarter teaspoon to one teaspoon of the powder )
1/4 tsp coriander seeds powder
1 /4 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsps peppercorns or powder (use according to the hotness you need)
1/4 cup lentils boiled to mushy consistency (Pigeon peas lentils also called toor dal is preferable)
Recipe
1. Boil the tomatoes, neem leaves , chillies and garlic with lentils in 1 cup of water.
2. Heat the oil in a pan.
5. Splutter the mustard seeds.
6. Add the asafoetida powder and onion and fry for a minute.
7. Pour the boiled tomatoes, lentil mix.
8. Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes.
5. Medicinal soup (three)
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of all the following spices
Asafoetida,
Bishop weed seed (Omum)
Black pepper
Turmeric powder
Garlic-one big clove
Ginger - same amount as ginger
Tomato - medium size
salt as needed.
Recipe
Grind the above in a blender and boil it in a pan.
Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
6. Rasam (Moringa leaves with Tomato and Lentils )
Ingredients:
One medium size tomato (chopped)
1/4 onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
1-green chilli , chopped (Avoid this if you do not want to be spicy hot)
1 tbsp jaggery (brown sugar)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
A few moringa leaves (If leaves not available, use dried powder or one could use its vegetable called the drum stick)
1/4 tsp coriander seeds powder
1 /4 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsps peppercorns or powder (use according to the hotness you need)
1/4 cup lentils boiled to mushy consistency (Pigeon peas lentils also called toor dal is preferable)
Recipe
1. Boil the tomatoes, moringa leaves or the vegetable drum stick , chillies and garlic with lentils in 1 cup of water.
2. Heat the oil in a pan.
5. Splutter the mustard seeds.
6. Add the asafoetida powder and onion and fry for a minute.
7. Pour the boiled tomatoes, lentil mix.
8. Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes.
7. Medicinal soup (four)
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of all the following spices
Asafoetida,
Ajowan seeds,
Fenugreek (methi) seeds
Turmeric powder
Garlic-one big clove
Ginger - same amount as ginger
Tomato - medium size
Jaggery (Brown sugar) one teaspoon
salt as needed.
Recipe
Grind the above in a blender and boil it in a pan.
Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.