Lemon Rasam

A simple recipe for rasam

Ingredients:

Toor dal – 50 grams

Tomatoes – 50 grams

Rasam powder – 10 grams

Lemon – 1

Green chillies – 2 (slitted)

Turmeric powder and salt  - to taste

To temper

Ghee – 5 grams

Mustard – 2 grams

Cumin seeds – 2 grams

Curry leaves – few

Coriander leaves – few

Method:

• Pressure cook the toor dal until it is soft and mushy.
• Chop the tomatoes and microwave for about 2 minutes.
• Mash the toor dal and cooked tomatoes nicely.
• In a kadai, add the mashed toor dal, rasam powder, salt, turmeric powder, green chillies.
• Add sufficient water and allow it to boil. Switch off the flame.
• In another kadi, add ghee.
• Once the ghee is hot, add mustard.
• After mustard splutters, add cumin seeds and curry leaves. Transfer this to the rasam.
• After about 5 minutes add lemon juice.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.