Lemon Rasam

Ingredients:

Lemon -1
Tomato -1

Tuvar dal - 4 tablespoons

Green chillies - 3 ( small)

Rasam powder - 1 teaspoon

Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon

Oil - 2 teaspoon

Curry leaves - 1sprig

Coriander leaves - 1/4 bunch

Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Water - 4 cups

Turmeric - 1/4 teaspoon

Method:

Boil the tuvar dal in required water.

Take 4 cups of water in a saucepan.

Add turmeric powder, salt, asafoetida and let the water boil.

Add slit green chillies.

In a bowl crush the tomato with hands in little water.

Pour this crushed tomato to the boiling water.

Add the rasam powder.

Add the boiled tuvar dal and mix.

When the rasam starts to bubble add coriander leaves and remove from the fire.

Heat oil in a small kadai. Add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. When it starts to crackle pour this seasoning in to rasam.
Take juice from the lemon and add this juice while serving.

If you add the lemon juice earlier the rasam will taste bitter.

Making the Rasam powder:

Ingredients:

Whole red chillies - 3

Coriander powder - 2 teaspoon

Fenugreek seed - 1/4 tsp

Black Pepper - 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Tuvar dal - 1/2 teaspoon

Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon

Method:

In a small kadai dry roast each ingredients separately in low flame except asafoetida.

When the ingredients are cool, grind them all in a spice grinder.

From this rasam powder add 1 teaspoon powder to the rasam.

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