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.