Sunday 24 May 2020

Lemon Rasam || నిమ్మకయ చారు || South Indian lentil based lemon soup

Lemon Rasam with step by step pics, tips and video. Lemon Rasam is also know as నిమ్మకాయ చారు / nimmakaya charu  in Telugu, elumichikai rasam in Tamil. It is South Indian lentil based soup which is lite on tummy and very soothing too. We have this lemon rasam with hot steamed rice with some veggie fry and papads. It is very easy to prepare this rasam, we can prepare this rasam in different ways.

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 Today i am sharing the one which we regularly prepare at home. I learned this recipe from my pedamma Kasturi, i did same changes, she pressure cook dal , tomatoes and chili, i do it separately. Lemon Rasam is thin and watery, we can have it as soup too. We can add onions and ginger in this rasam, i do not add any rasam powder in this lemon rasam, if you want you can add it. This lemon rasam is not spicy, as we are using lemon, no need to add tamarind. This rasam is perfect for bachelors, working people as you can prepare it in jiffy. Also check some rasam recipes..
 




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                                                   Lemon Rasam || Nimmakaya charu  

Preparation time  - 5 minutes
cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves :1 bowl
Category : Rasam
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian 
Main ingredients : Lemon
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   


Ingredients

Cooked toor dal - 3/4 cup
Lemon - 11/2 small or 4 tsp  
oil -  1/2 tsp
Tomatoes -2 
green chillies - 4
curry leaves - 1 sprig
coriander leaves - 2 tsp chopped
salt as per taste
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

For tempering

oil / ghee- 1 tsp
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
red chili - 1
curry leaves - 1 sprig
hing - 1 pinch


Instructions

1) Wash and soak toor dal / kandi pappu for 30 minutes. Then pressure it for 5 whistles by adding turmeric powder and 1/2 tsp oil. Chop tomatoes, green chillies and keep it aside.



                              

2) Take a kadai / pan add 1 tsp of oil add tomatoes, green chili fry once, add some curry leaves and coriander leaves.


3) Now add salt and turmeric powder and let tomato cook well.



4) Now add 1 big glass of water to the above and boil for some time tomatoes boil well.


5) Add cooked and mashed toor dal to the above boiled tomato mixture and add 1 glass of water. Add salt if need, boil it for 3 to 5 minutes or till you get good foam on rasam. Here you can also add Rasam Powder ,i did not added.




6) Our basic rasam is ready, keep it aside. It's time to add tempering. Take small tempering bowl add 1 tsp of oil/ ghee. let it heat for a second then add mustard seeds, when it starts crackling add cumin seeds, red chili, curry leaves and hing. Mix everything well and add tempering immediately in rasam.


7) Squeeze lemon juice in  the above tempered rasam and mix everything well. Add remaining coriander leaves to it.(**Check tips)



That's it very tasty, aromatic and lemony taste rasam is ready to serve. I prepared banana stem curry / arati doota kura(some edited version of it
), fried some urad dal fritters / urad dal badi / మినప వాడియాలు, cooked toor dal / mudda pappu, curd and banana. Do we need anything more than this 😍😋. 


Tips

** You can use both toor dal and moong dal .

** You can add rasam powder, ginger in it.

** This lemon rasam will be thin and watery, then only it taste good.

** You can use ghee for tempering.

** Main tips is do not add lemon while boiling rasam and do not preheat it , as rasam will become bitter.

** Do not add lemon juice all at once.

Hope this tips are helpful to you and you liked my lemon rasam recipe. Also check other related recipes just by clicking the link below pic..







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                             Mamidikaya pappu




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12 comments:

  1. Lemon rasam sounds absolutely aromatic amd flavorful Aruna ! I just love the final ghee temperring of the rasam.

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  2. This is one of my favourite types of rasam. The Lemon Rasam looks super delicious and refreshing! I make it almost the same way. Great way to add Vitamin C to one's diet. :)

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  3. Delicious! My mother used to make lemon rasam I just couldn't remember the recipe. Thanks to you I will try it. My rasam consuming daughter is here so no matter how much I make I will run out of it.

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  4. Lemon flavored rasam sounds superbly delicious and flavorful Aruna. I can imagine the flavour and taste. Perfect for this hot weather. I would love to have it bowlful as soup.

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  5. Aruna, lemon rasam sounds really delicious. I've not tried it but your recipe is tempting me to make it. I usually love to have rasam as a soup.

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  6. I love this refreshing tangy rasam.A hot favourite at my place .One is the best rasam varieties.

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  7. I wanted to try rasam recipes. i never made rasam. would love to try this lemon rasam :)

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  8. tangy lemon rasam looks so inviting and we all love this rasam with some hot rice and potato fry. Would love to sip the rasam.

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  9. A perfect recipe for coming rainy days.. loving this lemon citrusy lemon flavour rasam!!

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  10. Lemon Rasam looks very tempting and yum a perfect recipe for this rainy season

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  11. for coming rainy evening this is a perfect one. I love the tangy flavor from lemon, so this is quite common at my place. I can have simply as it is as a soup

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  12. This method sounds very delicious Aruna. Would definitely try as there are huge rasam fans at home. In our house, we dont add toamtoes to lemon rasam, although I give a tempering with green chillies and jeera in ghee.

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