🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Milagu Rasam

Name: Milagu Rasam
Prep time: 14 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 39 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Butter; to taste Salt; 1, chopped Onion; 6 cloves Garlic; 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 cup, rinsed Yellow Lentils (Toor Dal); 4 cups Vegetable Stock; 2 tbsp Tamarind Paste; 1 tsp Black Pepper

🇮🇳 Indian

Pepper rasam, the monsoon cold-cure of every Tamil household. The Indian answer to soup night: shorba logic, butter texture. Best with a drizzle of cream and warm bread.

Prep 14 min Cook 25 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Butter2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Onion1, chopped
Garlic6 cloves
Turmeric Powder1/4 tsp
Yellow Lentils (Toor Dal)1 cup, rinsed
Vegetable Stock4 cups
Tamarind Paste2 tbsp
Black Pepper1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

1
Prep the vegetables and the yellow lentils (toor dal): washed, peeled and cut to even sizes.
2
Melt butter in a heavy pot and soften the onions and garlic without colouring them.
3
Tumble in the yellow lentils (toor dal) with the tamarind paste and spices; toast briefly in the butter.
4
Add the stock, boil, then lower to a murmur until the vegetables yield easily.
5
Blend till velvety, check the salt, and serve with cream swirls and crusty bread.

Chef's tip

Taste as you go — chili heat, salt and sourness should all lift each other, not fight.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Recipe 218: Milagu Rasam (Pepper Rasam) · on YouTube