Lemon Rasam

Lemon Rasam is another type of rasam Instead of tamarind we use lemon juice You can use fresh lemon or lemon juice.If you are going to use fresh lemon then put in water for 1/2 an hr there by we can get more juice.

Ingredients:

Lemon juice - 3 table spoons

Tomato - 1 medium sized

Garlic - 2 pieces

Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon

Sugar - 1 pinch

Salt - as needed

For powdering:

Pepper - 2 teaspoon

Jeera - 1 teaspoon

Coriander seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Asafoetida - 2 pinches

Thoor dhal (thuvaram parupu) - 1/4 teaspoon

For seasoning:

Oil - 2 tablespoons

Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon

Uradh dhal(ulundham parupu) - 1/4 teaspoon

Jeera - 2 pinches

Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon

Methi seeds - 1 pinch

Curry leaves - 5 nos

Coriander(chopped) - 1 table spoon

Method:

1.In a kadai fry the things that we are going to powder just for few seconds so that they will become crispy and will be easy to powder .Powder them and put them in lemon juice.

2.Now chop the tomato and crush the garlic and add them to lemon juice .Also add the turmeric powder.

3.In a kadai pour his mixture of powder,lime juice and tomato ,garlic and allow them to boil when they start bubbling really well turn off the flame.

4.In another kadai pour the oil when it gets hot add mustard when it splatters add urad,jeera,asafoetida, when urad dhal turns golden brown add the curry leaves and off the flame pour this in the rasam,add coriander leaves and sugar mix them well.Lemon Rasam ready......