Cilantro & Lime Soup | Healthy Life

Try this soup when you are suffering from cold and cough. Gives a great relief for throat and gives relief for the chest.

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup Toor dal or lentils and 1 cup water for cooking
• ⅓ cup chopped coriander/cilantro
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 or 2 green chilies, chopped
• ½ inch ginger, roughly chopped
• 4 to 5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp cold processed sesame oil or any oil
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• 8-10 curry leaves
• 1 dry red chili
• Pinch of asafoetida
• Turmeric powder
• 5 cups water,
• 5 to 3 tbsp lemon juice
• Salt as required
• Coriander/ cilantro leaves for garnishing

Preparation method:

1. Wash toor daal / lentil in water and add ¼ cup water in a pressure cooker along with a pinch of turmeric powder.
2. Cook toor daal in the pressure cooker till it becomes soft.
3. Using a grinder coarse grind : ⅓ cup chopped coriander, 2 tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp black pepper, 1 or 2 green chilies, ½ inch ginger and 4 to 5 garlic cloves. Do not add water while grinding.
4. In a pan heat 1 tbsp sesame oil or any oil and add ½ tsp mustard seeds. Sauté till the mustard seeds start crackling.
5. Add curry leaves and dry red chili. Add the ground coarse paste along with a pinch of asafetida and ¼ tsp turmeric powder. Stir very well.
6. Add the cooked daal, salt and 1.5 cups water. Stir well and on a low flame simmer the soup.
7. Before serving add 3 tbsp lemon juice or lime juice. And garnish with few cilantro/coriander leaves.