Lemon Soup/Lemon -Lentil Rasam/Nimbe Saaru (ನಿಂಬೆ ಸಾರು)

Lemon Soup is a beautiful pale yellow colored lemony flavored thin soup.  It is a tasty, light and flavorful with an aroma of fresh lemon juice and asafoetida.  It is ideal to have as a soup with papad or over white rice.

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Toor dal

Freshly squeezed lemon juice - 4tbsp

1/2 tbsp oil

4 cups water

1 cup of fresh coconut milk

1 small tomato, finely chopped (optional)

4-5 green chillis slit

large pinch turmeric pwd

salt to taste

For seasoning/oggarane/tadka:

1/2 tbsp ghee/oil

pinch of mustard seeds

pinch of cumin seeds

large pinch hing/asafoetida/ingu

1 dry red chilli, tear and de-seed

10-12 curry leaves

• Pressure cook toor dal with green chillies, turmeric, 1/2 tbsp of oil all of them together in a vessel.
• Mash the cooked dal.
• Combine mashed dal with water, add salt, coconut milk, and few curry leaves. Bring to a boil.
• While the dal water is boiling, heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and as they splutter, add the cumin seeds and once the cumin crackles, add curry leaves and red chilli. Finally add asafoetida.
• Turn off heat. Let it cool down a bit.
• Add the lemon juice and combine. Adjust salt. Add seasoning, garnish with coriander leaves and serve warm.

Lemon Soup rice with stir fried Broccoli