15-30 min4 servingsblack pepper

Lemon Cilantro Soup - Lemon Coriander Rasam

By Subhadra Burugula

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4 servings

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15-30 min

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Easy

Lemon Cilantro Soup - Lemon Coriander Rasam
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Recipe Details

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 8 min

Cook Time: 17 min

Total Time: 15-30 min

Cooking Technique: Pressure Cook, Sauté

Cuisine: Indian

Diet: Dairy Free, Diabetes, Gluten Free, Low Fat, Vegan, Vegetarian

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 small bunch cilantro or coriander
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 green chili
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Ginger
  • 3-4 cloves Ginger-Garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 spig curry leaves
  • 1 whole red chili
  • few pinches of Hing or Asafoetida
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp toor dal (aka Pigeon peas or yellow lentils)
  • 1 lemon
  • Salt to taste
  • water as needed for desired consistency
Protein rich lentil soup flavored with lots of cilantro and lemon.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Grind all the ingredients under "to grind" into a coarse paste without using water and keep aside.
  2. Put instant pot on saute mode high and add oil.
  3. Once oil is hot add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chili, hing and turmeric powder. Fry for a minute.
  4. Now add ground cilantro paste and fry for 2 minutes.
  5. Now add the Toor dal and water. Along with salt. Mix well. (see notes)
  6. Turn off saute mode and put the lid. Vent to sealing position.
  7. Do manual high 8 mins. I did natural release but you can do quick release after 5 mins in warm mode.
  8. After opening the lid, check for consistency, if desired add water and put on saute mode for 2 to 3 mins.
  9. Now add lemon juice and garnish with cilantro.
  10. Serve hot or accompanied with rice for stir fry.

Notes

If the soup became too sour add sugar to cut down the sourness.
Lemon juice can be replace with lime juice.
Yellow lentils can be replace with red lentils or even cooked chickpeas.
Lentils can be skipped to make thin broth like soup (cut down the cooking time to 3 mins).

About the chef

Subhadra Burugula

Subhadra Burugula

Subhadra is born raised in India currently living in Texas. She is very passionate about cooking and photography. Her main motto is to provide tasty, healthy and easy recipes so that others can prepare a delicious meal for their families. Even though she is busy with her day job she tries to keep up with her blog and YouTube channel. She is a big foodie and loves to create new recipes. Subhadra has received lot of praise and compliments on social media for her recipes, especially Instant Pot recipes. All her recipes are Vegetarian and Vegan friendly.

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