Vepam Poo Rasam ( Neem Flower Rasam)

As you may all know that neem has a great medicinal properties. Vepam Poo Rasam(Neem Flower Rasam) is very healthy for it consist of the neem flower and the rasam water absorbs the sourness and the excellent medicinal properties of neem.

Ingredients

• Vepam Poo( Neem Flower) – about 2 tablespoons
• 1 tomato finely chopped
• Toor daal ( Tuvaram Paruppu) – 1 tablespoon
• Red Chillies – about 4-6
• Asafoedita
• Turmeric
• Mustard seeds
• Ghee – about 2-4 spoons. Remember this rasam tastes good only if you add more ghee.
• Tamarind
• Curry leaves – 6 leaves

Preparation

• Step 1 - In a pan, add ghee and once the ghee is hot, fry toor daal(tuvaram paruppu), Red Chillies, Asafoedita, Turmeric, Chopped Tomato. Let the tomatoes become tender. Switch off the gas and keep this aside
• Step 2- In another pan, add ghee, Mustard seeds, Asafoedita and Vepam Poo(Neem Flower) and sort of Vepam Poo for some time. Make sure they become dark brown but not black. If you sort them for less time, your rasam will be really sour. The more you sort in ghee, the Vepam poo will fry and lose the real neam sourness. But make sure they do not become burnt and black. Switch off the gas and keep aside.
• Step 3 - Boil water, add tamarind, Asafoedita, Curry leaves. Let this boil for 5 minutes. Add the mixture from Step 1 and boil for another 10 minutes. Then add the mixture from Step 2 and just boil for 3 minutes. Because if you boil for a longer time, the rasam will become really sour. Switch off the gas and your tasty rasam is ready !!

Try this and let me know how it turns out for you !