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Pepper Rasam Recipe

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About

It is a simple and healthy South Indian rasam recipe prepared with a combination of whole spices, herbs, and cooked lentil mash. In other words, pepper rasam is a multipurpose 2-in-one recipe that can be served as a side dish with rice and also as soup for cold and cough. The recipe is extremely simple to prepare and takes only minutes to prepare if the toor dal or lentil is pre-cooked. There are many ways to prepare this simple rasam but the most common way is to make it with pepper mix, herb mix, and cooked lentils. Adding lentils makes it thick and gives the texture to the soup. However, adding cooked lentils is not mandatory and can be skipped if you are in a rush to make this. Moreover, you can prepare this rasam with just pepper and other whole spices and ignore the herb mix.

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp pepper
  • 2 tbsp cumin
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 2 tomato (chopped)
  • 1 cup tamarind extract
  • 2 chilli
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 dried red chilli
  • pinch hing
  • few curry leaves
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 cup water
  • 1 cup cooked toor dal
  • 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)

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Instructions

  1. Firstly, in a mortar pestle, take 2 tbsp pepper, 2 tbsp cumin and 6 cloves garlic.
  2. Pound coarsely, making sure everything is coarsely crushed.
  3. In a large bowl take 2 tomatoes, 1 cup tamarind extract and 2 chilli.
  4. Squeeze the tomatoes until they turn mushy. keep aside.
  5. In a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil. add 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp cumin, 1 dried red chilli, pinch hing and a few curry leaves. splutter the tempering.
  6. Now add squeezed tomato tamarind mixture, ½ tsp turmeric and 1 tsp salt.
  7. Cover and boil for 5 minutes or until the raw smell disappears.
  8. Furthermore, add 4 cup water and adjust the consistency.
  9. Once the water comes to a boil, add 1 cup cooked toor dal and mix well adjusting the consistency.
  10. Add in pepper garlic masala and mix well.
  11. Boil for 2 minutes, or until the rasam turns aromatic.
  12. Finally, add 2 tbsp coriander and enjoy Pepper Rasam Recipe with steamed rice.

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Step-by-step

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Firstly, in a mortar pestle, take 2 tbsp pepper, 2 tbsp cumin and 6 cloves garlic.
2
Pound coarsely, making sure everything is coarsely crushed.
3
In a large bowl take 2 tomatoes, 1 cup tamarind extract and 2 chilli.
4
Squeeze the tomatoes until they turn mushy. keep aside.
5
In a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil. add 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp cumin, 1 dried red chilli, pinch hing and a few curry leaves. splutter the tempering.
6
Now add squeezed tomato tamarind mixture, ½ tsp turmeric and 1 tsp salt.
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Cover and boil for 5 minutes or until the raw smell disappears.
8
Furthermore, add 4 cup water and adjust the consistency.
9
Once the water comes to a boil, add 1 cup cooked toor dal and mix well adjusting the consistency.
10
Add in pepper garlic masala and mix well.
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Boil for 2 minutes, or until the rasam turns aromatic.
12
Finally, add 2 tbsp coriander and enjoy Pepper Rasam Recipe with steamed rice.Village Style Milagu Rasam

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Notes

  • Firstly, do not overboil the rasam once adding pepper garlic mixture, as the flavours will be lost.
  • Also, adding dal gives a nice thickness to the rasam, you can skip it if you are looking for a traditional style.
  • Additionally, squeezing the tomato makes the tomato mushy and flavourful/.
  • Finally, the Pepper Rasam Recipe tastes great when served with papad.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/pepper-rasam-recipe-milagu-rasam-recipe/