Gooseberry Rasam

I came across in an article about the advantages of gooseberries. It says, " Gooseberry is very rich in Vitamin C. Gooseberries enhances food absorption, balances stomach acid, fortifies the liver, nourishes the brain and mental functioning, supports the heart, strengthens the lungs, regulates elimination, enhances fertility, helps the urinary system, is good for the skin, promotes healthier hair, acts as a body coolant, flushes out toxins, increases vitality, strengthens the eyes, improves muscle tone and it acts as an antioxidant. Gooseberries reduces blood sugar in diabetic patient. It strengthens heart muscles. It improves body resistance ". 

So, I thought of making some recipe with this every day. Everybody knows about Gooseberry pickle. So, need to prepare something else which is interesting and tastier with this ... Yes, Gooseberry rasam .... I did this and it was very nice and got more compliments...

Ingredients:

Gooseberries - 2

Tomato - 1 chopped

Coriander leaves - few

Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt - as per required

Ginger - peeled and chopped in to pieces - 1/2 tsp

Green Chilly - 1 small

Ghee - 1 tsp

Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Method : 

• Wash gooseberries and cook it with enough water. Add salt, turmeric powder and make it boil in low flame. Once gooseberries cooks, it separates itself in to 4 parts.

• Now deseed it and mash it using potato masher. 

• Add chopped tomatoes, chopped ginger, green chilli and enough water. Make it to boil again for 5 min. 

• Add ghee in a pan. Sputter mustard and cumin seeds. Add this to the rasam that we have prepared.

• Add coriander leaves, Asafoetida and pepper powder to it. Now healthy tasty Gooseberry rasam is ready to eat with plain rice.

Note:

You can also add fried garlic if you like the taste.

How to make simple icing for cakes

Ingredients:

Butter ( at room temperature ) - 1 cup
Salt - 1 pinch
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
Icing Sugar - 2 cups
Milk - as per required

Method for Icing:

• Take 1 cup of butter, pinch of salt, Vanilla essence and Icing Sugar in a bowl. Mix it well till all the ingredients combines together. Adjust the consistency by adding 1 tsp - 4 or 5 tsp of milk according to your creativity. 
• If you want to write something on the cake then the icing should be thick. So you have to add less milk. If you want to pour this over the cake, then the mixture should be slightly runny. 
• If you are trying icing for the first time then try adding milk drop by drop. Otherwise it will be too runny. If it becomes runny do not get upset, refrigerate for half or one hour and then try.
• You can pour the icing over cakes and then if you want you can write in different colour. For that you can add a pinch of food colour to the icing mixture that we have prepared. 
• Pour this mixture in a zip lock plastic bag and tie the upper portion of the bag. Cut the end of the cone slightly using scissor and now you can write your own wordings on cake.