Pepper Rasam Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids | Rasam for Baby

Pepper Rasam/ Milagu Rasam - mildly spiced rasam/soup which is good for digestion, to build immunity, also works best as a remedy to treat cold and cough in babies and kids! Also it tastes so delicious hence there is a least chance that a child can say a No to Rasam!

This Pepper rasam is prepared with tomatoes and no tamarind used which makes this perfect for babies and kids, it can be given to babies from 10 months as a mid morning soup or as a lunch with hot mashed rice and dollop of ghee! Tastes so yum!. Also check here the recipe for Tomato rasam for babies.

Now lets get on to check how to make the pepper rasam recipe for babies.

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Pepper Rasam Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids | Rasam for Baby

Pepper Rasam - South Indian style mildly spiced soup recipe with pepper for babies and kids. Best home remedy to cure cold and cough in babies.

Course Baby Food

Cuisine South Indian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Author Kalyani

Ingredients

• Big Ripe tomato - 1
• Black pepper - 1 tsp*
• Cumin seeds/Jeera - 1 tsp
• Garlic - 3 small cloves
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Asafoetedia - 1/8 tsp
• Jaggery - 1 tsp
• Toor Dal - 2 tbsp
• Water - 1 cup
• Salt - as required
• Sesame Oil/ghee - 1 tsp
• Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander leaves - few optional for garnishing
• *For more spiciness add 2 tsp of pepper

Instructions

• Wash, Chop tomatoes, coriander leaves and garlic roughly, Keep it ready along with other ingredients.
• Wash and cook toor dal with required water in a pressure cooker for 3-5 whistles in medium low flame. Open the cooker once pressure released, ,mash it well with a ladle or spoon. Set aside.
• Firstly take the chopped tomatoes, pepper corns and cumin seeds in a mixer grinder/ blender. Grind them to a smooth paste by adding half cup of water. Set aside.
• Heat a pan with a tsp of sesame oil or ghee, add mustard seeds and asafoetida . Let it splutter, then add chopped garlic and roast it for a minute.
• Now add the ground tomato pepper cumin seeds paste along with turmeric powder and required salt. Saute in medium low flame for 5 minutes until streaks of oil starts to appear. Now Add 1 cup of water along with cooked mashed toor dal.
• Boil it again until frothy in low flame. Don't boil for more time as the rasam will not taste good if boiled for long time. Switch off the flame once done. Add powdered jaggery and coriander leaves. Strain the rasam with a strainer for small babies and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 4g

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Preparation :

1.Wash, Chop tomatoes, coriander leaves and garlic roughly, Keep it ready along with other ingredients.

2. Wash and cook toor dal with required water in a pressure cooker for 3-5 whistles in medium low flame. Open the cooker once pressure released, ,mash it well with a ladle or spoon. Set aside.

Method:

1. Firstly take  the chopped tomatoes, pepper corns and cumin seeds in a mixer grinder/ blender. Grind them to a smooth paste by adding half cup of water. Set aside.

2. Heat a pan with a tsp of sesame oil or ghee, add mustard seeds and asafoetida . Let it splutter, then add chopped garlic and roast it for a minute.

3. Now add the ground tomato pepper cumin seeds paste along with turmeric powder and required salt. Saute in medium low flame for 5 minutes until streaks of oil starts to appear. Now Add 1 cup of water along with cooked mashed toor dal.  

4. Boil it again until frothy in low flame. Don't boil for more time as the rasam will not taste good if boiled for long time. Switch off the flame once done. Add powdered jaggery and coriander leaves. Strain the rasam with a strainer for small babies and serve.