Lemon Rice – Indian rice recipe

This Lemon rice recipe is a South Indian rice recipe. It is easy and quick and simple to make. If the steamed rice – plain rice is ready, you can make it in 5 minutes. It is a good rice dish for taking for picnic or as a lunch to school or office.

It is served for breakfast, lunch or dinner in the Southern states of India.
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How to make lemon-rice

Ingredients

• Cooked rice – 2 cups
• Juice of ½ lemon
• Green chillies – 1 or 2
• Groundnuts(peanuts) – 8-10 no.
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Coriander leaves(Cilantro) – 1 tbsp chopped
• Curry leaves – 4-5
• Salt - ½ teaspoon or to taste

For Seasoning

• Oil – 1 tablespoon
• Bengal gram dal – ½ tea spoon
• Urad (black gram)dal - ½ tea spoon
• Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
• Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida – a pinch

Preparation

• chop/slit chilli
• chop coriander leaves
• Cool rice

Cooking Method

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When they stop crackling, add peanuts, Bengal gram dal and urad dal. Fry for 5 seconds but do not let them burn.
3. Add asafetida, turmeric powder
4. Add chopped chillies, curry leaves. Fry for 5 seconds.
5. Take off the pan from the stove and let it cool a little.
6. add cooked rice, lemon juice, salt, chopped coriander leaves
7. Mix well.

Lime rice is ready. Serve it as a meal by itself or with a cucumber or tomato salad and papad.

Tips: The steamed rice should be cooked soft but not too soft otherwise the lime rice will be sticky rice.

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