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Cook a Delicious Tamil Lemon Rasam
Recipe
Indian Lemon Rasam Recipe - Time 15-20 minutes - Serves 4
Indian Lemon Rasam
recipe
Lemon Rasam is a traditional South Indian vegetarian dish. There are various kinds Rasams. It can be eaten mixed with rice, or drunk like a soup. In a formal meal, it follows the sambar course and is in turn followed by curd rice. It has soup consistency. Lemon Rasam contains special spices which are considered beneficial to health
INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)
Ingredient |
Measurement
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| Thoor Daal |
1/4 cup cooked |
Lime |
2 |
| Cilantro(coriander) |
1/2 bunch |
| Asafoetida |
1/2 tbsp |
| Green chilies |
2 medium size |
| Red chilies |
2 medium size |
| Turmeric |
1/2 tbsp |
| cumin powder |
1/2 tsp |
| Tomatoes |
2 medium size |
| Curry leaves |
a few |
| Garlic |
5 cloves with skin |
| Salt and papper |
to taste |
| oil, urid dal, mustard seeds |
to season |
| water |
2 cups |
STEP BY STEP METHOD
Steps |
Method |
| 1 |
Cook the toor dal (pressure cooker is fine) |
2 |
Take a wide vessel pour two cups of water, add salt, pepper, garlic with skin, green chili,Asafoetida, turmeric and cumin powder. In a seperate pan cut tomato into small pieces and half cook it for a few minutes |
3 |
Now add the half cooked tomato to the larger vessel with the other ingredients and hand crush them all together. See that the garlic skins peel and float, if not peel it and crush them but add the skins into the mixture for flavor
| 4 |
Now add the toor daal and cook all in high flame for about five minutes. In a frying pan add oil heat it and season with mustard, urid dal, red chili and curry leaves. Pour this into the cooking rasam vessel. Now squeeze the lime into it and reduce flame let it boil for about a minute |
| 5 |
Turn off the heat, garnish it with cilantro(corriander leaves) and serve it hot with white rice |
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Make Your own Rasam powder or buy it from any Indian store
For one serving of Rasam:
1 tsp of the following:
Ingredients : Dry red pepper(1 measure), Dhania/cilantro seeds/coriander seeds(1 measure), whole pepper(4 tsps), toor daal/chick peas(4 tsp), channa dal(2 tsp), cumin seeds(2 tsp)
Make sure these are dry. Grind into a smooth powder.
Add 4 tsp turmeric powder and mix well.
You can make large quantities and keep it for months.
Moisture will spoil it. Keep it dry and air tight.
Enjoy other Indian Recipes.
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