Recipe: Chincheche Saar Tamarind Saar Soup
Total time: 30 mins

Ingredients used in CHINCHECHE SAAR TAMARIND SAAR SOUP
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Red chili powder - 1/2 tea spoon.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Black pepper powder - 1/4 tea spoon.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Turmeric powder - 1/4 tea spoon.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Hing (asafoetida) -  pinch.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Salt -  to taste.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Oil - 2 teaspoons.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Green chilies - 3-4 numbers.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Garlic cloves - 5-6 cloves.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Ginger chopped - 1 tea spoon.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Onions chopped - 1 number.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Curry leaves - 2-3 springs.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Garam masala powder -  pinch.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Cumin seeds - 1/2 tea spoon.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Mustard seeds - 1/4 tea spoon.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Tamarind juice - 1 cup.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Sugar -  pinch.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Fresh grated coconut - 1 tea spoon.

Method:
Soak the tamarind in some hot water for half hour. Add 4 cups of water to this and mix it well to make tamarind juice.
Heat oil in a pan for tempering, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds splutter, add the cumin seeds, curry leaves and chopped onions and saute them till onion are transparent.
Add paste of ginger, garlic, coriander leaves and green chilies and mix it well.
In the same pan, add pinch of hing, turmeric powder, black pepper powder, red chili powder, pinch of garam masala and saute in low flame.
Add one cup of tamarind juice, salt, pinch of sugar and bring it to a boil. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Boil well until the froth disappears, add one teaspoon of fresh grated coconut and cook it on low flame for about 2 minutes.

The Chincheche saar is ready to be served.