Kandathippili Rasam | Long Pepper Rasam

Ingredients: For spice paste:

• Long pepper root – 4 sticks
• Long pepper fruit – 6 nos
• Red chilies – 2 nos
• Black pepper – ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida – ½ tsp
• Toor dhal – 1 tbsp

Ingredients: Others

• Toor dhal – ¼ cup (boiled with turmeric)
• Tamarind (size of lemon) – diluted in 1 lt water
• Ghee – 2 tsp
• Salt
• Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Method:

1. Pressure cook or boil toor dhal along with turmeric. Set aside.
2. Extract tamarind juice in 1 lt water and bring to a boil along with turmeric & salt.
3. In a separate wok, heat ghee and add all items mentioned under spice paste and slow cook till aromatic. Set aside to cool.
4. Once cool, grind to an almost fine paste.
5. To the boiling tamarind water, add the cooked lentils and wait for it to boil.
6. Once it boils, add the ground paste and let it boil.
7. In a separate wok, heat ghee and temper with mustard seeds & curry leaves.
8. Pour over rasam.
9. Serve hot with rice and lentil chutney.

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