Ajwain/Caraway Buttermilk Rasam (Omam Mor)

Ingredients

• 4 cups buttermilk
• 1/2 tsp rice flour
• 1/4 tsp gram flour/besan
• salt to taste

For tempering
• 1.5 tsp oil
• 1 tsp ajwain
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/6 tsp asafoetida
• 1/4 tsp toor dal
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 1 dried red chilli
•2 green chillies, slit
• few curry leaves

Method

Whisk rice flour, gram flour, salt and buttermilk well. Keep aside.

In a pan, heat oil. Add the ajwain and the remaining ingredients for tempering. Sauté well. Add this tempering to the buttermilk mixture. Now cook this till one boil only.

Switch off the flame when the buttermilk starts to get frothy.