கண்டன் திப்பிலி / Kandan Thippli

Description

Thippili is called as Indian long pepper. The root of this plant is called Kandathippili and the fruit is called Arisi Thippili.

Kandathippili has many medicinal values, some of them being –

1. Post delivery helps in digestion for the mother.
2. Body-ache
3. Cold/Cough

Also used in this rasam is another ingredient with medicinal values called “Arisithippili”.

Ingredients for the rasam powder:

2 teaspoons tur dal

2 teaspoons dhania seeds

1 and half teaspoon pepper

4 sticks of kandathippili

2 pieces of arisithippili

½ teaspoon jeera

Dry roast each ingredient separately and make fine powder. You can store this dry roasted powder to use at a later time as well.

Ingredients for the rasam:

One lime sized ball of tamarind

2 cups of water

Salt to taste

Add a cup of boiling water to the tamarind and let it soak for half an hour. Squeeze out and extract the tamarind water and remove the seeds/fibre if any. Boil this extracted tamarind by adding another cup of water with salt. (As per need, you could add some more water). After it boils well, add the above powder to it and let it boil a bit more and turn off heat.

Disclaimer:

The Consumption details and benefits listed our in our website are taken from internet.

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