Easy Lemon Rasam Recipe | Nimbu Rasam Recipe | South Indian Lemon Rasam

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 Servings
  • Category: rasam
  • Cuisine: south indian

Ingredients

for pressure cooking:

  • 1 cup toor dal
  • 1 tomato (chopped)
  • 5 chilli
  • 1 inch ginger (grated)
  • few curry leaves
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 3 cup water

other ingredients:

  • 3 cup water
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper (crushed)
  • 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
  • ½ lemon
  • !for tadka:
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • pinch hing
  • 2 dried red chilli (broken)
  • few curry leaves

Method

  1. Firstly, in a pressure cooker take 1 cup toor dal, 1 tomato, 5 chilli, 1 inch ginger and few curry leaves.
  2. Also add ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp oil and 3 cup water.
  3. Pressure cook for 5 whistles or until the dal is cooked well.
  4. Whisk the dal to make it a silky smooth texture.
  5. Pour in 3 cup water, ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp pepper. Mix well.
  6. Boil for 3 minutes or until flavours are well absorbed.
  7. Now to prepare the tempering, heat 2 tbsp ghee. Add, 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp cumin, pinch hing, 2 dried red chilli and few curry leaves.
  8. Splutter the tempering and pour over rasam.
  9. Also add 2 tbsp coriander, ½ lemon and mix well.
  10. Finally, enjoy Lemon Rasam Recipe with hot steamed rice.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.