Lemon rasam | Recipe for lemon rasam | How to make lemon rasam | Rasam without rasam powder
Lemon rasam is a simple and delicious rasam recipe. It is a flavorful rasam with the goodness of lemon which enhances the taste buds. More over rasam is a tasty & healthy comfort food, feels light on the stomach. Further this lemon rasam is prepared without using rasam powder and it is an instant and soothing rasam recipe. Here coconut oil adds extra taste to this lemon rasam and it is optional.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 131kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup toor dal washed
- 1 tomato roughly chopped
- ½ slit green chilli
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp oil
- 2 cup water
- 1 tbsp ghee
- ½ tsp mustard
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp hing (asafoetida)
- 4 to 6 curry leaves
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp palm jaggery
- 1 tbsp grated coconut
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- Firstly, take a pressure cooker and add in washed toor dal, chopped tomato, slit green chilli, turmeric powder and little oil
- Next add water and pressure cook this for 3 whistles and turn off the heat
- Allow the steam settles down completely and carefully open the cooker lid
- Then whisk the cooked dal and tomato mixture and keep it aside
- Meanwhile, take another pan and add ghee
- As the ghee is melted up, add in mustard, cumin, hing and curry leaves
- Saute well until splutters
- Further add cooked dal & tomato and give a good mix
- Similarly add salt and jaggery and mix well
- Next bring it to a boil for 3 to 4 mins on a low flame
- Additionally add grated coconut and mix well
- Again add coconut oil and it is optional. Give a quick mix and boil for one more minute
- Turn off the heat and finally add lemon juice and finely chopped coriander leaves
- Now the flavorful and tasty Lemon Rasam is ready to serve!
- Enjoy this rasam with rice and a tsp of ghee or sip it like a soup
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