Indian Cooking Recipe : Cumin And Pepper Rasam (Method 2) Ingredients : 2 tsp toovar dal ¾ tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp pepper 3 red chillis ½ tsp imli paste ¼ tsp haldi a few curry leaves 3 cups water ½ tsp ghee 1 tsp salt to taste Method : Dry roast toovar dal and pepper without oil for 1 minute. Soak this in water along with red chilli & cumin seeds after 10 minutes. Wet grind this nicely. Boil imli water, salt, haldi, and add the above mixture, and let it boil for a few minutes until the flavour comes out. Sauté ¼ tsp cumin seeds, curry leaves and 1 red chilli in ghee and add this to the rasam.