Lemon Rice
Lemon Rice
INGREDIENTS
- Basmati Rice – 2 Cups
- Lemon Juice നാരങ്ങനീര് – 3 Table spoons OR to taste
- Dry Red Chillies വറ്റല്മുളക് – 2 Nos
- Mustard Seeds കടുക് – 1 Tea spoon
- Split Bengal Gram / Chana dal കടലപ്പരിപ്പ് – ¾ Table spoon
- Split Black Lentils / Urad dal ഉഴുന്ന് – ½ Table spoon
- Peanuts നിലക്കടല – 2 Table spoons
- Green Chilli പച്ചമുളക് – 2 Nos
- Ginger ഇഞ്ചി – 1 Inch piece
- Curry Leaves കറിവേപ്പില – 1 Sprig
- Turmeric Powder മഞ്ഞള്പൊടി – ½ Tea spoon
- Asafoetida Powder കായം പൊടി – 1 Pinch (optional)
- Cooking oil എണ്ണ – 2½ Table spoons
- Salt ഉപ്പ് – to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Wash the rice. Cook rice in a vessel by adding enough water (8 cups) and 1 tea spoon of salt. When it is done, drain the excess water and keep aside (let it cool). Ensure that the grains are separate and not mushy so as to get aromatic and delicious lemon rice.
- Fine chop the ginger. Slit green chillies lengthwise.
- Heat 2½ table spoons of cooking oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add broken dry red chillies and mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds splutter, add split bengal gram (chana dal) and peanuts. Stir it for 1 minute and add split black lentils (urad dal). Keep stirring one more minute.
- Now add green chillies, curry leaves and finely chopped ginger. Sauté until it is done. (about 2 minutes)
- Add ½ tea spoon of turmeric powder and 1 pinch of asafoetida powder. Stir well for few seconds.
- Add cooked rice, then lemon juice and salt to taste. Mix well and turn off the heat. Taste for salt. Transfer the lemon rice to the serving dish.
NOTES
2) The amount of lemon juice to be added depends on how tangy the lemon is as well as how tangy you would like the lemon rice to be.
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Author: Shaan Geo
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12 comments on “Lemon Rice”
Reena, of course you can prepare lemon rice with the left over rice. But make sure that the rice is good to eat. Thanks for the comment.
Good… try more items and post it here and share. After a good collection, let me try with your menu A RESTAURANT “ANANTHAPURI RESTO”
Gireesh, Thanks for the feedback. I will try to include more recipes. My best wishes for your restaurant 🙂
Really inspired by your passion for cooking, being a software engineer. While trying the recipe, I got doubtful on the quantity of rice to be taken. Could you please help with the approximate weight to per cup ratio? Thanks in advance. Manu.
Manu, 1 cup of medium grain rice weights around 200gm. Thank you very much for the comment.
Thanks Shaan and I appreciate your interest in cooking.
You are welcome Anirudhan. Thanks a lot for your great words of appreciation.
Tasty
Thanks Souda 🙂
Hi, Thanks for explaining in simple steps. Came out well. I added the walnuts and ground nuts which was all available here. I am gonna share with my friends. I love cooking and your site is really an inspiration.
Sumila, it is pleasure to know that you done the Lemon Rice well and this website inspires you to cook. Thank you very much for the feedback. Hope to see you here often 🙂
Is it ok if I prepare lemon rice with left over rice of one day before?