Pepper Rasam is an Indian-style thin soup made with black peppercorns and few spices. It is spicy, hot and very delicious.
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Pepper Rasam
How to make Pepper Rasam at home | South Indian | Quick and Easy Recipe: Try this quick and easy Pepper rasam recipe described in a very elaborate way. It tastes really amazing with steamed rice. Made from pepper, cumin seeds, garlic, and other spices, it is very comforting, good for digestion, and very effective when taken during cold and fever.
Ingredients Needed for Pepper Rasam
- Tomatoes: Plum or any other kind of ripe tomatoes.
- Oil: Sunflower oil or ou can use any cooking oil.
- Tamarind: Homemade or store bought tamarind paste.
- Coriander leaves: Fresh coriander leaves.
- Spices: A minimal spices like mustard,cumin,curry leaves,turmeric,red chilli and salt. etc.
How to make Pepper Rasam?
Heat oil in a pan and add asafetida, curry leaves, whole red chilies, mustard seeds, and curry leaves. Let the seeds crackle for some time.
Add the crushed garlic and peppercorns and cook for 2 minutes. Now add the chopped tomatoes and let them cook until they are tender. Stir in tamarind paste, salt, turmeric, and red chili powder.
Add 3 cups of water and cook covered for 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat and add chopped coriander leaves. Serve and enjoy
Serving Suggestions
Serve the pepper rasam such as a heart ad comforting soup. You can also pair it with steaming hot plain rice, some ghee, and papadums.
Expert Tips
- Make sure to coarsely grind theblack peppercorns for some extra flavors.
- This rasam is quite hot,If you want you can adjust the amount o chilli as per your choice.
- Store the leftover rasam in refrigerator and use as required.
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Pepper Rasam
Equipment
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 2-3 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 tablespoon peppercorn, crushed
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- salt to taste
- 3-4 dried whole chillies
- few curry leaves
- a pinch aseftida
- 1/4 cup tamarind pulp
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1/4 cup corinader leaves, chopped
- 3 cups water
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan and add asafetida, curry leaves, whole red chilies, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Let the seeds crackle for some time.
- Add the crushed garlic and peppercorns and cook for 2 minutes.
- Now add the chopped tomatoes and let them cook until they are tender. Stir in tamarind paste, salt, turmeric and red chili powder.
- Add 3 cups of water and cook covered for 5-7 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add chopped coriander leaves. Serve and enjoy.
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The rasam surely looks inviting..We make pepper cumin rasam almost on daily basis and everybody loves it!
The rasam is one soup that is my favourite , love it any time of the day , and in any season !
Rasam looks inviting,I make rasam almost everyday as kids love rasam rice a lot.
Perfect rasam for the weather we have here right now.
Comforting food for me, i cant survive a day with having rasam. Pepper rasam looks absolutely inviting and super prefect to keep ourself warm.
Rasam is a super comforting dish. We even add puffed rice to rasam and enjoy for snacks. It is really versatile and your version looks so yum..
Rasam looks so delicious, I’ve yet to make rasam at home. When I get back home, adding rasam to my daily meal.
The rasam looks so so inviting. Delicious and a perfect food on those cold days.
love this version of rasam – lovely flavors
Rasam is my kind of comfort food and I love it plain as a soup or with some hot rice and a good drizzle of ghee.
Love this rasam….so flavorful and tasty looking!
Look so tasty rasam.
Love this rasam dish specially with rice.
Pepper Rasam is such a unique recipe I have never heard about earlier. This sounds really great that this is such an easy recipe which requires no elaborate Ingredients and it can be made with regular Ingredients. Awesome
Pepper rasam sound awesome on a cool evening. I am sure it gives a pepper chilli hit. Which I love.
Lovely share dear!
This pepper rasam looks so delicious and comforting. I am from North India that too from the Himalayas but my father learned different rasam recipes from someone and used to make it once every week when we were kids. We used to enjoy Rasam as a spicy flavourful soup on cold Himalayan nights. Can’t wait to try this recipe and serve my father some pepper rasam.
Love enjoying pepper rasam on its own. So comforting and it definitely is a must have during the cold season.
The rasam looks so delicious and since it’s raining cats and dogs here, a cup of this will warm up the soul.
This is my favourite, can have it any time of the day.
We love tomato rasam and make it at least 1-2 times a week. I tried your version with peppercorns and it was absolutely amazing. Thank you for this recipe.
I’m yet to try any rasam recipes and this pepper rasam looks so inviting, I guess I have to save the recipe until cold weather starts. Lovely share
I love rasam and have it occasionally during winter season and when I am under the weather. Yours looks so inviting.