Pepper Rasam is very soothing and a great remedy for cold and sore throat.But makes a very rare appearance in my kitchen….I always prefer pepper rasam on a cold rainy say with hot piping steamed rice….bliss!Rasam, Rice and poriyal is a great combo for lunch!
Pepper Rasam Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Tamarind – lemon sized ball
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp chopped roughly
Salt – to taste
To dry roast and grind:
Pepper – 1 tsp
Jeera – 1 tsp
Garlic – 1 (I used it with skin)
Red Chilli – 1
Toor dal – 1.5 tbsp
To temper:
Ghee – 1 tsp
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Hing – a generous pinch
Red Chilli – 2
Method:
- In a pan – Dry roast the ingredients(till dal turn golden brown) listed under ‘to toast & grind’ and grind it to a coarse powder.
- Soak tamarind in 1 cup of water, take thick pulp out of it. Add 1/2-3/4 cup water(depends on the thickness of your tamarind pulp) to the thick tamarind pulp and let it boil till raw smell of tamarind leaves.
- Now add the coarse powder and let it boil for 2 mins…Add required salt.Meanwhile heat a kadai with oil+ghee and add the items listed under ‘to temper’…allow it to splutter.
- Then transfer the tempered items to the boiling rasam.Let it for a single rolling, garnish with coriander leaves and switch off.
Serve hot with steamed rice!
My Notes:
- Ghee gives a nice flavour to the rasam so dont skip it.
- Dont let the rasam boil for more time which is the key to make a good rasam.
- This is little spicy with pepper so adjust red chillies according to your spice level.
- Adjust water quantity according to the thickness of the tamarind pulp.
- You can add tomatoes too…if so add it after tempering saute it for few mins till raw smell leaves.
RENU says
July 13, 2013 at 5:55 amlooks tasty
Supriya Arcot says
July 13, 2013 at 7:16 amHi I just have one question . Is that a glass bowl you have kept on the gas to cook. Wont it melt ? How did you manage please. . The recipe is nice and also presented nicely.
SHARMILEE J says
July 14, 2013 at 3:13 amIt is borosil gourmet cook and store wares specially designed for cooking in oven and stove top 🙂
Janani says
July 13, 2013 at 7:40 amWOW SO YUMM LOOKS VERY INVITING WHO WILL SAY NO TO THIS TASTY RASAM.
praveen says
December 17, 2013 at 12:44 amyes you are right.
Janani says
July 13, 2013 at 7:43 amWOW looks so inviting. I just love this rasam any time.
Shakila Banu says
July 13, 2013 at 8:13 amstarted preparing….
Aarthi says
July 13, 2013 at 11:32 amyummy rasam
Gayathri Ramanan says
July 13, 2013 at 12:51 pmLooks very comforting and delicious !
Gauri says
July 13, 2013 at 1:09 pmPerfect for these rainy days!
poonam says
July 13, 2013 at 1:36 pmlooks yummmm have to try this
Kalyani says
July 13, 2013 at 2:14 pmlook so good & yummy.
BTW one small correction……"Pepper Rasam is very soothing and a great remedy for cold and sour throat"……..Its NOT sour throat……..its sore throat
SHARMILEE J says
July 13, 2013 at 4:16 pmYes its a typo…updated it now 🙂
Veena Theagarajan says
July 13, 2013 at 2:17 pmvery comforting .. Nicely done
Vaishnavi says
July 13, 2013 at 4:34 pmYummm….lip smacking…nice clicks
Chitz says
July 13, 2013 at 10:07 pmA comfort food anytime.. Just love them !
Torviewtoronto says
July 14, 2013 at 12:48 amWe make similar my favourite
Corporate to Kitchen says
July 14, 2013 at 5:28 amThe rasam looks very yummy. I wold love to make this soon. I love rice with rasam & Your rasam looks perfect.
Rachana says
July 14, 2013 at 9:45 amThe rasam looks so tempting.
Why did you use the garlic with the skin? I am just being a little curious here…
Leppi says
July 14, 2013 at 2:46 pmhey i ama rasam fan….
lovd d recipe
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Raks anand says
July 15, 2013 at 7:28 amMy favo, looks super tempting!
Kadhyaa says
July 15, 2013 at 1:30 pmthat looks perfect for the season 🙂
Sangeetha M says
July 16, 2013 at 7:48 pmspicy & yummy rasam, looks inviting…love it with hot rice n some chicken fry 🙂
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KK says
October 20, 2013 at 9:38 pmTried it out and came out well. Only wished had made a little more of it…:) Will do it again and again and again going forward. Thank You!
KK says
October 20, 2013 at 9:41 pmTried out this Rasam today and guess what….It came out very well. Thank you! Will prepare this more frequently going forward…:)
GeethuSathiyaN says
December 12, 2013 at 9:04 amTried tis today and it came out very well!!I jus added few more pepper corns and didnt add chillies during seasoning!Such a soothing soup for cold n sore throat…feeling more better nw!!thanks for sharing!
aarthi Sethu says
March 18, 2014 at 7:03 pmPerfect recipie in need…Tried it today for my daughter, Hope she felt very soothing.. thank for the recipie Sharmi…
Sundara Moorthy says
November 3, 2015 at 8:16 amTried out pepper rasam today.. & it came out really well..
A great remedy for cold and sore throat.. 🙂 Thankszz..
Unknown says
January 8, 2016 at 7:06 pmtried this rasam today! it came out really well!! thank u so much!!
Suma Kaja says
June 30, 2017 at 8:16 amI was craving for rasam yesterday and I am pregnant, made this for myself following the exact instructions and my taste buds were so satisfied that I was happy and had a nice sleep 🙂