Cumin Pepper Rasam | Jeera Milagu Rasam
Hot and spicy traditional South Indian thin vegan soup with cumin, pepper, and curry leaves flavor popularly known as Jeera Milagu Rasam.
Servings: 5
Calories: 41kcal
Ingredients
To grind:
- 1 tbsp Whole Pepper
- 2 tbsp Cumin Seeds
- 20 Curry Leaves
- 1 tbsp Toor Dal
- Tamarind Small Gooseberry Sized
To Temper:
- ½ tbsp Oil
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds
- ½ tsp Jeera
- ¼ tsp Hing
Other Ingredients:
- 1 Tomato
- 3 tsps Kosher Salt
- ⅛ tsp Turmeric
- 2 tbsp Cilantro Chopped
- ¾ tsp Jaggery Powdered/Crushed
- 4 cups Water
Instructions
- Soak the ingredients given under “To Grind” in 1 cup of water for 15 mts. Drain the water after 15 minutes and grind into a coarse paste. Chop the tomatoes and cilantro and set aside.
- Heat a pan or pot and add the oil.
- When the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and hing.
- When the mustard seeds splutter, add the chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, and salt and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Then add the ground paste and 1 cup of water and bring it to a rolling boil. The rasam mixture will thicken, but that’s normal.
- Then add the remaining three cups of water and the chopped cilantro. At this stage, you can check for the salt. And if required, then adjust accordingly.
- Now simmer this rasam mixture until it becomes frothy on top.
- Turn off the heat when it becomes foamy, and you can add more cilantro and serve hot with rice or relish it as a soup.
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Notes
- This rasam is on the spicier side. Adjust the pepper and cumin amount according to your preference, or you can add more water or jaggery too.
- Jaggery is optional.
- If you are serving this to nursing moms, then ignore the toor dal while grinding the masala and add a garlic pod.
- Depending upon the tamarind age and quality the sourness might vary. So adjust it accordingly. And the same goes for the salt as well.
- Instead of soaking the ingredients to be ground, you can dry roast and grind as well.
- I kept the rasam vegan but you if you are not particular, then you can temper it with ghee/clarified butter.
Nutrition
Calories: 41kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 1411mg | Potassium: 139mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 410IU | Vitamin C: 83.6mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg