South Indian Foods

Lemon Rice

Lemon Rice

Cuisine Style: Tamilnadu, Cooking Time: 45 minutes, To Serve: 4, Take with: any side dish, Type: Lunch or Dinner

Ingredients

  • Lemon Juice - 15 ml
  • Plain Rice - 2 cups
  • Green Chilly - 3 nos
  • Ginger - Small piece
  • Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
  • Oil -3 tbsp
  • Mustard seed - 1 tbsp
  • Bengal gram - 3 tbsp
  • Urad Dall - 1 tbsp
  • Roasted Ground nut- 1/4 cup
  • Pepper - tbsp
  • Curry leaves
  • Asafoetida - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste

Preparation

  • Boil the rice in less water, spread over the plate to cool.
  • Dry roast pepper, grind and keep it aside.
  • Heat pan, pour oil and put mustard seed and let it splutter.
  • Then add Bengal gram, urad dall, green chillis, turumeric powder, roasted ground nuts, Ginger and curry leaves one by one.
  • Fry untill raw the smell goes off.
  • Now mix the lemon juice, stir all together for 2 minutes.
  • Add salt.
  • Mix the cooked rice and mix well.
  • Sprinkle pepper powder and Gingely oil

Note

  • Dont over heat the lemon gravy.

Tip

  • Fine chopped small onions can be added.

How this Lemon Rice recipe is Unique?

  • The powder mixture makes this Lemon rice more tasty. Just try it out.

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