Spicy Lemon Rasam

About the recipe:
This aromatic,tangy Indian soup is the ultimate accompaniment to steamed rice on a nice rainy day! 

Ingredients:

• Oil
• Toor dal, - 2tsbsp (boiled)
• Tomatoes - 2 
• Juice of 1 lemon 
• Coriander powder - 1 spoon
• Coriander leaves to garnish
• Salt to taste

For Masala: 

• Black pepper corn - 1 tbsp
• Jeera - 1 tbsp
• Hing
• Curry leaves - few
• Garlic - 2 pods

Coarsely grind the above

How to:

• Pressure cook the toor dal with some turmeric and mash well
• Mash the tomatoes well
• In a pan add the above 2 ingredients then add coriander powder and the ground masala
• Add water to adjust the consistency
• Add salt and turn off the heat as soon as it turns to a boil. Boiling it too much might in fact turn it bitter. 

For seasoning:

• Mustard seeds - 1 spoon
• Jeera - 1spoon
• Curry leaves - few
• Hing (Asafoetida) - a pinch
• Red chillies - 2
• Oil for tempering

Heat oil, add the above ingredients to prepare the seasoning and add this to the rasam after turning off the heat. 

Garnish with some chopped coriander leaves and add juice of 1 lemon for the tangy flavor.