Name: Pepper Rasam for Cold and Cough | Miryala Charu
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: Black peppercorns – 2 tbsp.; Tomatoes – 1 cup; Oil - 3 tbsp.; Mustard seeds – ¼ tbsp.; Dry red chillies – 2 No.; Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp.; Garlic cloves – 12 No.; Tamarind – fist full; Water – required qty.; Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.; Turmeric powder – ¼ tbsp.; Salt – 1 tbsp.

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Pepper Rasam | Miryala Charu is one of the healthy rasam recipes from Andhra Cuisine made to cure a common cold. Because of pepper and garlic essence, doctors prescribe this recipe to keep your health fit.

As this recipe needs only fewer ingredients, this can be made in 10-15 minutes and is considered as one of the bachelor’s recipes.

As we are not adding dal or vegetables, it’s light on the stomach, and ingredients we use have antibacterial and antibiotic properties.

Pepper, cumin seeds, and garlic spice mixture can be made in medium quantity if you feel they do not get blended properly and add required spice. The remaining spice mix can be stored in the refrigerator for a week.

Pepper Rasam | Miryala Charu can be served with steam rice or as a side dish along with vegetable curry or with omelette recipe.

If you want to experiment with this recipe then we can add little coconut grate. I have not used it because coconut increases cough.

Contents

TIPS to make perfect Pepper Rasam | Miryala Charu:

If you do not have peppercorns then you can even use pepper powder.
When tomatoes are sliced into small pieces, it cooks faster. They should be cooked to soft.
Ripe tomatoes give good taste to this recipe.
Tamarind extract not only gives tangy flavor but also gives sweetness.
Based on the water you add, adjust the quantity of salt and pepper.
To get relief from cold we need to serve this recipe when hot. We can even consume it like soup.
While making this recipe we need not remove the skin on garlic cloves.
If you want to increase the spiciness of this recipe, instead of adding spice, I recommend adding a few more peppercorns.

Pepper Rasam for Cold and Cough | Miryala Charu

Pepper Rasam | Miryala Charu is one of the healthy rasam recipes from Andhra Cuisine made to cure a common cold. Because of pepper and garlic essence, doctors prescribe this recipe to keep your health fit.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Andhra, Indian

Keyword Miryala Charu, Pepper Rasam

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 40 kcal

Author Uppada Lakshmi

Ingredients

Black peppercorns – 2 tbsp.
Tomatoes – 1 cup
Oil – 3 tbsp.
Mustard seeds – ¼ tbsp.
Dry red chillies – 2 No.
Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp.
Garlic cloves – 12 No.
Tamarind – fist full
Water – required qty.
Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
Turmeric powder – ¼ tbsp.
Salt – 1 tbsp.

Instructions

Clean and cut ripe tomatoes into small pieces so that they can be cooked fast.
In a vessel add little oil, add dry red chillies, mustard seeds and tomatoes.
While tomatoes are being cooked, let’s make pepper spice powder by adding black peppercorns, garlic cloves and cumin seeds.
Soak tamarind by adding adequate water. Extract pulp and pour tamarind juice in the tomato mix.
Add approximately 1-litre water including tamarind pulp and add curry leaves. (We can even add curry leaves during tempering.
Sprinkle turmeric powder, salt and garlic clove pepper mixture.
Boil Miryala Charu or Pepper Rasam for 10 minutes and serve hot with steam rice or consume like a soup.