Ingredients

• 1.5 tbsp - cooked tur dal (mash and make dal water by mixing with 250 to 300ml water)
• 1/4 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp - cumin
• 2 red chillies, broken into pieces
• 1 peeled and chopped, garlic clove
• A pinch of asafoetida
• 6 curry leaves
• 1 tbsp - lime juice
• 1 tsp - chopped, coriander leaves
• Salt
• 1 tsp - oil/ghee
• A pinch - pepper powder

How to Make Quick, tasty lemon rasam

• Heat oil, add mustard seeds, cumin, asafoetida, red chilli, curry leaves and garlic one by one.
• Fry till the seeds splutter.
• Add dal water, pepper powder and salt, let it boil for 2 mins.
• Reduce the flame, add lime juice, stir and remove.
• Sprinkle chopped coriander and cover with a lid.
• Serve this rasam with plain rice.
• Can be served as soup along with bread croutons.