Veppam Poo Rasam - Neem Flower Rasam Recipe

I learnt this veppam poo rasam recipe from my MIL. We make this at least once in a month. Slightly bitter in taste but a very healthy & aromatic dish.  You can use dried neem flower or fresh neem flower for this rasam but you need to roast it before adding in the rasam as it helps to reduce the bitterness. Lets see how to make veppam poo rasam recipe for rice. 

Ingredients:

• Dried Neem flower /Veppam poo – 2-3  tsp
• Tamarind – Big gooseberry size
• Red chilli – 3-4 nos (pinched into two)
• Turmeric powder – a pinch
• Jaggery / sugar – 1/4 tsp
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Salt & water – as needed

To Temper:

• Cooking oil / ghee - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
• Toor dal  – 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves – a sprig

Method:

• Dry roast neem flower in a kadai till brown and nice aroma arises .
  Cool down. Crush it with your hands and powder it. Set aside.
• Soak tamarind in water and extract the juice from it.
• Heat a kadai with oil and add the tempering items one by one. Add the pinched red chillies and curry leaves. Roast it for a second. 
• Then add the tamarind juice, a pinch of turmeric powder and salt.
• Add the jaggery/sugar. Let it boil for sometime .
• Remove from fire. Then add the roasted and powdered neem flower. Mix it well.

Serve with hot plain rice!!

Bye , catch you all in the next post.

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