Lemon rice recipe
Easy to make South Indian lemon rice recipe
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked rice I used sona masoori rice
- Salt as needed
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
To temper
- 4 tsp oil
- 2 green chili slit or chopped
- 1 red chili broken
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tbsp urad dal
- 1/2 tbsp chana dal
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- 2 tsp roasted gram | pottukadalai
- Few cashew nuts optional
- Curry leaves few
Instructions
- Cook the rice into separate grains and allow it to cool completely by spreading it on a wide plate. Add salt to this. In a pan, add mustard seeds, chopped green chili, red chili, ginger, urad dal, channa dal , roasted gram, and cashew nuts. Keep it on a low flame and let the dals get a golden brown color.
- Add the turmeric powder. Switch off the flame and add it to the rice.
- Add lemon juice and mix well. check for salt. Serve with papad, vadam, or with Aviyal or Mor kuzhambhu as my mom does.
Notes
1. I used sona masoori rice, you can even use basmati rice.
2. The quantity of lemon juice depends on the tanginess of the juice and according to your taste buds too.
3. You can add grated carrots in the last to make lemon rice healthier.
