Lemon Rasam / Nimboo Rasam

Lemon Rasam is a traditional South Indian side dish which can be eaten along with rice or as a soup. It is watery, tangy and  a little spicythat gives an amazing taste to the rice.

Ingredients:

1. Lemon- 2
2. Water- 4 cups
3. Salt- 1 tsp
4. Jaggery- 4 tsp
5. Green chilly- 1
6. Curry leaves- 4 to5
7. Red chilly- 2
8. Sesame seeds – 1 tsp
9. Ghee- 1 tsp
   

Method:

1. Take out the lemon juice (from 2 Lemons)
2. Mix Lemon Juice with about 4 cups of water, add salt, Jaggery and chopped green chilly. Boil on high flame for 10 minutes
3. Now take a separate pan, boil ghee. Add Sesame Seeds, red chillies, curry leaves. Take out the pan once sesame seeds start popping and add to the above lemon water that we prepared.
4. Boil for another 5 minutes.
5. It can either be eaten with rice and Papad or be served as soup.

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