A variety rice dish made with lemon juice. You can also add ground nuts, a small piece of fresh ginger chopped while seasoning. Instead of nuts, you can add few green peas cooked and a small carrot cut into small pieces.
Lemon Rice
Course: RiceCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: EasyServings
4
servingsPrep time
5
minutesCooking time
15
minutesA variety rice dish made with lemon juice. You can also add ground nuts, a small piece of fresh ginger chopped while seasoning.
Ingredients
2 cups 2 Raw Rice
2 2 Lemon
4 4 Red chili or green chili
1 tsp 1 Bengal gram dhal
1 tsp 1 Urad dhal
1/4 tsp 1/4 Asafetida
1/4 tsp 1/4 Turmeric powder
1 tbsp 1 Cashew nut
4 4 Gingelly Oil
1/2 tsp 1/2 Mustard
Curry leaves – few
1 tsp 1 Salt
Directions
- Cook rice till soft (but not mushy). Put it in a plate or broad vessel and spread it. Sprinkle one or two teaspoon oil over it.
- Take out juice from the lemons.
- In a kadai pour the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up, add Bengal gram dhal, urad dhal, and fry till it turns light brown.
- Add cashew nuts, chillies, asafetida powder and curry leaves and fry for a while.
- Add turmeric powder and salt and stir well.
- Keep the stove in low heat and add the cooked rice and gently mix it.
- Finally add lemon juice and mix it once again and remove.
- Tips
- You can also add ground nuts, a small piece of fresh ginger chopped while seasoning. Instead of nuts, you can add few green peas cooked and a small carrot cut into small pieces.
Hi Kamala maami! How are you? Tried your lemon rice for lunch…..superb taste…thanks Maami.
Hi Prabha,
I am doing good. Thank you for your kind feed back.
I tried most of your recipes. Very easy to prepare. No doubt, my dishes are well appreciated by every one. Thanks to you.
Kind regards,
Rajan
Thank you Sowri Rajan.
Very nice recipes..I am not fond of cooking but after reading your recipes, I have started cooking.. Thanks.
Thank you for your kind words.
Hi ma’am l tried a few of your recipes cames well and very delicious…it’s very easy to prepare…many thanks
Given a try for this Tasty Recipe! Simply loved it, Thank you.