From: sri@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (a.natarajan)
Subject: NAVA (new) RASAM for rasa prEmies!
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:53:31 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: rasam, milagutawny, saaththamudhu.

              " Rasam, Rasam, toil and trouble,
                Fire, burn and cauldron bubble."

Greetings!

For those of you in the SCI and the SCT whose  senses  have  been
dulled  by  such  insipid  postings  as  "Resolving  the apparent
contradictions between  Quaran  and  Mahaa  NaaraayaNOpanishadh",
"Why  Tamils  are  `loved' the world over?", "Why the practice of
`sati' should be regulated?", or "The dire need for a `Sri (E.V.)
Ramaswamy Temple' in North America", here is something that would
put fire in every hand of SCI/SCT janatha, that should  move  the
stones of this quiet NET to mutiny and rage!

After some intense negotiations with my eminent colleague (she is
also  my daughter-in-law), Ms. Rema Hariharan of AT&T Bell Labs.,
Naperville, IL., I have finally obtained the most secret formula,
one  that has been more closely guarded than the formula for Coca
Cola ["colaath  guhyatharam  manyE"],  the  recipe  for  "RUKMANI
AMMAAL RASAM"!

After clearing with AT&T patent  attorneys  that  there  were  no
copy-right  violations  nor any patent infringements (because the
recipe is a solely owned intellectual property of Rema's  mother,
Mrs.  Rukmani  Subramanyam  of  Bangalore,  India),  I am able to
publish this  recipe  for  the  benefit  of  all  "rasam  lovers"
worldwide!

                     PROPRIETARY WARNING!!!

Please note that this recipe may ONLY be used for your  personal
purposes.  Any use of this recipe for commercial purposes without
the written permission of its inventor, Mrs. Rukmani Subramanyam,
constitutes  violation of Jayanagar laws, and such violators will
be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the laws of Jayanagar!

                            Rejoice!
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From iwtdu!rharan Tue Aug 11 16:03 CDT 1992
To: mtfmi!sri (A Natarajan +1 908 957 6836)
Subject: Re: recipe  for  RASAM  POWDER  urgently  wanted  by  NJ
people.
Status: R

Chittappa:

For all those  noble  souls  who  might  belong  to  one  of  the
following categories:

o   those having spouses/relatives (or should we say guinea pigs!) 
    at home to experiment a new recipe, and

o   those who are constant suckers for "new" recipes,

here is the formula for "rukmani ammal rasam" which they may  add
to their repertoire of the various "rasam" recipes!

Rema.

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup dhaniya (coriander seeds)
15 dry red chillies
3 table spoon chanaa dhaal (kadalai paruppu)
1 table spoon thoor dhaal (thuvaram paruppu)
1/2 table spoon pepper
1/2 table spoon jeera (cumin seeds)
1/2 table spoon oil.

Process:

Fry 1/2 cup dhaniya with chanaa dhaal and thoor dhaal  till  they
turn  golden  brown.  Add the pepper and jeera at the end and fry
for a minute longer.  (Make sure you add NO oil.) Put  the  fried
mixture  on  a plate to let it cool. On the next thaavaa, now add
1/2 table spoon oil and fry the red chillies till they are lightly
fried.  Powder the entire mixture in a blender to a finely ground
mixture with absolutely no trace of moisture. Use  about  2  tea-
spoonful of this powder for making rasam for, say, three persons.
Store the powder in a cool, dry container.

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           INDRASSOMAM PIBATHU |    KSHEMO ASTHU NAHA  ||


Respectfully submitted,
A. Natarajan at AT&T Bell Labs., New Jersey.
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