Lemon rasam recipe | South Indian rasam recipe

Rasam is a typical south Indian recipe. It’s very simple & healthy. It is thin and watery in consistency. You can either have it as a soup or you can have it along with rice and can be prepared with in 15 min. Rasam along with hot rice and potato fry or papad is a prefect lunch combo. This helps in digestion process and for common cold.

There are so many varieties of rasam ,here I have used lemon instead of tamarind and have added some mashed toor dal for this rasam. Toor dal increase the flavor and taste of this recipe.

Note:

Always add lemon juice once you switch off the flame completely, If not you will feel the bitterness in rasam.

Recipe card for lemon rasam:-

Ingredients:-

Tomato – 1
Green chilli – 1
Ginger – a small piece
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Mashed toor dal – ½ cup
Lemon juice – 3 tbs
Coriander leaves – finely chopped
Salt to taste
Water add as required
For tempering:-
Oil – 1 tbs
Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
Jeera – ½ tsp
Red chilli – 1
Pepper powder – 1 tbs

Instruction:-

In a large pan, add tomatoes, ginger, green chili, coriander along with that add salt, turmeric powder & water.
Boil till tomatoes are becomes soft.
Mash the tomatoes.
Now, add cooked and mashed ½ cup of toor dal and mix well
Let dal cook for 3 – 4 min.
Switch off the flame and add 2-3 tbs of lemon juice.
For tempering, in a pan add oil or ghee, followed by ½ tsp of mustard seeds, ½ tsp of jeera, red chili –1, 1tbs of pepper powder.
Once it splutters add it to prepared rasam
Finally, serve the hot lemon rasam with steamed rice along with potato fry.