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Pepper Rasam for Cold and Cough | Miryala Charu
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 

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

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