Rasam is an Indian clear soup and traditionally made with tamarind pulp, spices and tomatoes. Today, I made some lemon rasam which goes very well with rice and some Stir fry veggies. You can also drink it simply as a comforting soup. I have used home-made rasam powder as home grounded spices are fresh and really enhances the taste and aroma of the dish.
Click Here for Home-made Rasam Powder recipe
So, sharing an easy recipe to make some lemon rasam and hope you all have a great day.
Lemon Rasam Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Lemon
- 2 Tomatoes (Chopped)
- 2 tbsp Toor dal/yellow lentil
- 1 tbsp Grated ginger
- 2 tsp Rasam powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/8 tsp Asafoetida/hing
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 2 tbsp Corainder leaves for garnishing
- Salt to taste
Instructions
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Microwave lemon for 15 seconds. Juice the lemon in a bowl and keep it aside.
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Add chopped tomatoes with 2 cups of water in a sauce pan. Add ginger, rasam powder, a pinch of asafoetida, turmeric powder and let it cook for few minutes on low flame. Keep stirring in between.
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Pressure cook lentil with 1/4 cup and mash it nicely.
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Now add cooked dal into it and add some salt and mix it well. Let it simmer for few minutes. Remove from the flame, add squeezed lemon juice and mix it well.
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Take a small frying pan and add ghee and mustard seeds to it. Once the seeds crackle, add curry leaves and asafoetida. Add this temperingit in rasam.
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Garnish it with some coriander leaves. Enjoy it with rice or you can also drink it as a soup.
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We southies can never do without our rasam can we?! I normally make mine with Tomatoes but this sounds interesting…will try with lemon this time around! Thanks for sharing 🙂
We southies can never do without our rasam can we?! I normally make mine with Tomatoes but this sounds interesting…will try with lemon this time around! Thanks for sharing 🙂
The recipe is yummy
I would love to try this, but am 100% sure I could never find the ingredients locally here in Iowa.
Looks amazing as always! Thank you for sharing!
yummyyyy lemon rasam i can feel its tangy flavour pass priya 😉
Another classic.
love the rasam anytime ..looks vibrant
Making this today!!! 🙂 Will be back with review 🙂
Sounds really good. Not sure where to buy many of these ingredients.
You’re an amazing source of great recipes. This looks delicious!
Thank you 🙂