Lemon Rasam is a spicy and tangy soup, adding lemon juice instead of tamarind pulp in rasam, which goes well with rice. It is a quick and healthy rasam, surely you will love the lemon flavour along with the spicy taste of rasam. It is best served with hot boiled rice. However, it can also be served as an appetizing soup and for cough and cold.
- 1 Tomato
- 1/2 Lemon Adjust as needed
- 1 tsp Rasam powder
- 2 tsp Ghee
- 4 Crushed garlic
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/4 cup Toor dal
- Few Coriander leaves
- Salt
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- Few Curry leaves
- 2 Red chillis
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Heat the oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and allow them to crackle, then add the curry leaves and red chillies.
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Add the crushed garlic and tomato, and saute for a few minutes.
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Add the required salt and rasam powder, mix everything and cook for a few minutes.
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Add water and bring to a boil, and add turmeric powder.
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Add the cooked and mashed toor dal.
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Allow to form a frothy layer on top of the rasam, then add the chopped coriander leaves.
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Turn off the flame and squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon.
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Finally, add 2 tbsp of ghee.
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Serve hot with rice.