Lime Rasam

Elumichai Rasam or Lime Rasam

A common thought between some set of people is, when we take lime fruit juice, we will get affected by cold or fever. But it is not so.

Here, some of the health benefits of lime juice:

• Lime juice contains more citric acid than orange or grapefruit juice. 
• One fresh lime contains 22 milligrams of calcium and over five micrograms of folate.
• Lime is good for women’s health.These citrus gems contain calcium and folate, two nutrients that are important for post-menopausal women and women of child-bearing age. 
• Lime peels can fight against aging skin.
• Lime is anti-carcinogenic. The limonoid compounds in lime have been shown to prevent cancers of the colon, stomach and blood. 
• Lime limonoids also stay active longer in your bloodstream, mopping more free radicals than green tea or dark chocolate.
• Lime juice can help prevent formation of kidney stones.Citric acid is a natural inhibitor of kidney stones made of crystallized calcium.

Here I'm going to give a simple rasam recipe using lime juice.

Ingredients

Lime fruit - 1 big fruit
Tomato -1
Green chilli - 2
Red chilli - 1
Paasi Paruppu (Green gram Dhall) Water - 1 cup
Curry leaves - 1 strand
Coriander leaves - 2 to 3 strands
Mustard seeds - for seasoning
Salt - to taste
Oil - for seasoning

Method

Select bigger size juicy lime fruit. Take juice from the fruit without seeds and keep aside.

Pressure cook green gram dhall and mash it well. Add water to mashed dhall to make it dilute.

Cut tomato into cubes, slit green chilli and add both to dhall water. Add salt and asafoetida powder and mix well.

Bring this dhall water mixture to boil, and cook till the raw smell of tomato and chilli goes.

Now add required water and cook in very low flame till froth appears.

Switch off the flame. Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.

Season with mustard seeds and red chilli.

After few minutes, add lime juice to the rasam.

Serve hot with hot rice. Any spicy poriyal like brinjal, ladies finger or potato curry will match this rasam as side dish.

Note:
We must not heat this rasam after adding lime juice.

Will meet you with another healthy recipe. Bye!!!