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Luscious Celery Rasam

A hint of spice, lots of freshness and abundance of comfort in one bowl of rasam
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Pressure cooker - optional

Ingredients
  

  • 3 stalks celery chop each stalk into 4-5 pieces
  • 1/4 cup moong dal to be cooked
  • 3 green chili sliced length wise
  • 3 shallots or 1/4 cup red onion sliced
  • 1 carrot chopped length wise
  • 1 bell pepper chopped of your choice
  • 5 cups water
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1/2 tbsp black pepper ground
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 2 Tbsp lime juice

For tempering

  • 2 dry red chilies
  • 1 stem curry leaves- fresh
  • 1/2 tsp brown mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp ginger finely chopped
  • 1 Tbsp oil I use cold pressed avocado oil

Instructions
 

  • Cook moong dal with 1 cup water in a pressure cooker or stove top.
  • Add chopped celery, cooked moong dal along with any left over water in the cooker to a blender jar and blend till liquid with smooth consistency and lovely green color is attained.
  • Take a deep pan or soup pot, add oil. Once hot, add the ingredients for tempering.
    After the mustard seeds start spluttering, add ginger, shallots, green chilies, carrots, bell peppers. After 3 -4 min, add the blended moong dal , celery mixture.
  • Add the remaining water. You can add more water per your desired consistency. Add salt, black pepper ,coriander powders. Mix well and let it simmer for 10-15 min.
    If you see any foam/froth- use a ladle to remove and discard it. The foam is a result of air that goes in with high speed blending.
  • Add chopped cilantro leaves. Take off from the stove. After 10-15 min, add the lime juice.
  • Serve hot with rice, or it is yummy enough to just grab a bowl and eat with a spoon.

Notes

You can add more dal if you want, but note that it will make the consistency thicker than usual rasam.
Cooking celery for too long  will destroy its antioxidants by about 50%, and that's why I decided to puree fresh celery and just let it simmer for 10-15 min. 
Buy celery fresh and use it with in 7 days to reap the health benefits from antioxidants. 
After you cut the stalks, stick the left over thick celery bottom in soil and watch it grow.