Killu milagai rasam, an almost 'no-cook' rasam, south-indian style pepper soup. A quick rasam recipe, perfect for the seasonal cold and flu season. This tambrahm style, pepper soup, takes no time to make and makes a delicious meal with steaming hot rice.

Rasam : South-Indian Comfort Food

Rasam is a south-indian style thin soup. It is quintessential part of South-Indian Cuisine. It literally means juice.

The base ingredients for any rasam is tamarind and tomatoes. The must include spices are cumin, pepper and coriander. After boiling the tamarind water with spices for few minutes, it is usually topped with dal water or just plain water, depending upon the type of rasam made.

Rasam Varieties

Tomato Garlic rasam : Blended tomatoes, garlic along with spices, topped with plain water
Milagu Rasam : Blend of tomaotes, ginger, garlic boiled in tamarind water and topped with plain water.
Beets Rasam : Blend of beets, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and spices, topped with plain water.
Lemon Rasam : Tamarind extract, boiled with tomatoes and spices, topped with dal water and finished with lemon juice.
Thengaipaal Rasam | Coconut milk rasam : An pondicherry cuisine special rasam made with coconut milk
Kollukai Rasam : An hebbar iyengar specialty rasam made with horsegram.

One Pot Rasam Sadam| Instant Pot Recipe | Mini Lunch Thali

One pot rasam rice, a quick and easy rasam sadam made in instant pot, that packs a punch with freshly made rasam powder. A super simple pressure cooker rasam sadam a hearty meal for a super busy or super lazy days.

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Jeera tuvaram paruppu rasam | Jeera rasam

Jeera rasam, a south-indian style tomato soup, flavored with an extra dose of cumin. Jeera rasam uses less tamarind and more of cumin flavor, that gives the rasam much needed zing during the flu season.

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Tulasi Rasam | Holy Basil Rasam | Pepper Soup with Basil

Tulasi rasam | Tulsi rasam, south-indian style soup with Indian holy basil leaves. This flavorsome herbal rasam, aka south-indian style pepper soup with basil uses no tamarind, but packs a punch with zingy ingredients.

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Lemon Rasam/Yelumichampazham rasam

Lemon rasam, a south-indian style tomato and dal soup, flavored with lemon. A perfect accompaniment with rice and dry curries.

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Spice Powder for Rasam | Satramudhu

When it comes to rasam, every family has their own recipe. I normally use my mom's kootu podi to flavor my rasam. Whereas my In-laws place they have separate rasam powder. This difference is what make rasam very special, they all taste different and unique to that family.

What if you don't have rasam powder. What if you are back from a vacation and you have an almost empty pantry, you are yearning for some comfort food and don't have the energy to make anything detailed.

No Cook Rasam | Killi Thalicha Rasam

If you are experiencing that vacation-lag and have no mood to cook, then this killi thalicha rasam is an excellent recipe. It is an almost no-cook, doesn't need any masala, no grinding, just soak, and tadka, that's it. Serve it on top of hot steaming rice, lunch or dinner settled, people will go ga-ga over your cooking, even after that vacation-lagg!!

Killu Milagai or Killi Thalicha rasam literal translation, Killu (கிள்ளு) - Pinched, Milagai (மிளகாய்) - chilies, Thalicha (தாளிச்சா) - Tempered. A thin soup made by tempering with chilies.

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Ingredients For Killu Milagai Rasam

Main Ingredient : Tamarind and Tomatoes. This rasam contains just tamarind extract and tomatoes.
Spices : This simple no cook rasam uses only red chilies and salt.

Tempering : The usual Indian tempering ingredients like mustard seeds, cumin seeds, hing and turmeric.

Tempering ingredients killu milagai rasam

Fat : Tempering can be done with ghee or ay cooking oil. Though ghee is much preferred.

Serving Suggestions

I served this simple no cook rasam with beets coconut stir-fry and Mint coriander thogayal.

We usually prefer a crispy side dish with plain rasam. Kids at home love this Chettinad style potato curry with rasam. I love this sweet and spicy sweet potato fry You can pair it with this finger licking Brinjal podi curry too.

If looking for a thogayal /chutney to go with this simple rasam. Check this Carrot thogayal, try this seasonal special turmeric & ginger thogayal, check this nutritious and fiber rich banana stump thogayal.