# Pepper Rasam

A traditional home-style pepper rasam, known for its medicinal values and distinct flavor profile from freshly roasted pepper and jeera.

- Servings: 4
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Dinner
- Diet: vegetarian
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 tbsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp jeera
- 100 g toor dal, cooked
- 1.5 litre water
- 1.5 tbsp sesame oil
- 4 whole round red chili
- 0.5 tsp mustard seed
- curry leaf (optional)
- 2 whole tomato, sliced
- 0.25 tsp turmeric powder
- 25 g tamarind, soaked and squeezed in 100ml hot water
- jaggery (optional)
- 0.5 tsp hing/asafoetida powder
- coriander leaf (optional)
- salt
- garlic (optional)

## Instructions

1. Roast 2 tbsp of pepper in a pan on slow flame until they crackle.
2. Add 1 heaped tbsp of jeera to the same pan and roast until golden brown.
3. Grind the roasted pepper and jeera into a powder with consistency between coarse and fine.
4. Heat 1.5 tbsp of sesame oil in a pot, add red chillies and mustard seeds.
5. Once mustard seeds crackle, add curry leaves and sliced tomatoes.
6. Add turmeric powder and the strained tamarind water mixture, then boil for 6-7 minutes until raw smell dissipates.
7. Pour in the cooked dal and water mixture and boil for 2-3 minutes.
8. Add salt, hing/asafoetida powder, and 1.5 tbsp of the ground pepper-jeera powder.
9. Garnish with coriander leaves, give a quick boil, and turn off the gas.

## Equipment

- pan
- pot
- grinder

## Tips

- Garlic is optional; it is not recommended for this recipe as it can overpower the flavor of the pepper.
- Jaggery can be added for a touch of sweetness as per Udupi cuisine style.
- Any leftover ground pepper-jeera powder can be stored in an airtight container for future use.
- For a variant without dal, mash tomato pulp in tamarind water, cook with spices, and add water and the ground powder.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/OuQ0MIE-tXw?si=PqtwPfc52Y6RRSo7
- Creator: Venkatesh Bhat's Idhayam Thotta Samayal
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3e8d1ae6-7445-41d8-aa7a-db0b80fa1bbd
- Extracted: 2026-10-17

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