Kandathippili Rasam | Long Pepper Rasam
Kandathippili Rasam is a popular traditional rasam made using Thippili (Indian Long Pepper). Kandathippili has lot of medicinal properties. It's believed that it cures cold and cough. It's tasty and healthy rasam that we should make it regularly.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 70kcal
Equipment
- Mixer Grinder
Ingredients
- 1 small Tamarind Gooseberry Size
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing) a Pinch
- Salt To taste
- Curry Leaves Few
For Grinding
- 1 teaspoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
- 2 teaspoon Toor Dal
- 2 teaspoon Coriander Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Peppercorns
- 1 Red Chili
- 1 clove Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- Long pepper (Kandanthippili) 3-4
For Tempering
- 1 teaspoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 Red Chili
- Curry Leaves Few
Instructions
Soaking Tamarind
- Soak Tamarind in warm water for 10 mins and extract the juice
Sauteing Grinding Ingredients
- Heat ghee in a pan. Add coriander seeds, toor dal, peppercorns, red chilli, garlic and Kandanthippili (long pepper) and saute till dal turns golden brown
Grinding Spices
- Take all the sauteed ingredients in a mixer jar and add cumin seeds and grind everything to a fine powder
Boil Tamarind Extract
- In a sauce pan, add tamarind extract along with turmeric powder, salt, asafoetida and curry leaves and boil the tamarind extract till it raw smell goes off. Add ground spice powder and mix well. Boil the rasam in medium flame for about 5 mins
Adjust consistency
- Add 2 cups of water and adjust consistency and keep the flame in low till a frothy layer forms on top of the rasam and then switch off the flame
Tempering Time
- Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Add curry leaves, broken red chilli and add this tempering to the rasam.
Serving Time!
- Serve the healthy and tasty Kandanthippili Rasam with hot steaming rice with a teaspoon of ghee and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving Size | Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g