Lemon Rice

Lemon Rice

Lemon rice considered to be one the simplest and most loved dish across South India. Whether it is temple or wedding, you will surely love it. Lets try this at home...so lets get ready for the ingredients.


Ingredients:

• 4 cups cooked rice or leftover rice(rice with each grain separate)
• 3-4 slit green chillies
• 8-10 curry leaves
• 3 table spoon raw peanuts
• 1 tea spoon urad Dal
• 1 table spoon chana Dal
• 1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
• pinch of hing/asafoetida
• pinch of cumin seeds/jeera
• 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder/haldi
• 2-3 table spoon lemon juice
• 2 table spoon oil
• finely chopped coriander leaves(optional)

Method:

Heat oil in a pan. Add peanuts and roast it till it gets light brown.Then add mustard seeds, urad dal, and chana dal. When the mustard seeds start popping and the dal turns light brown, add cumin seeds, green chillies, curry leaves, asafoetida and turmeric powder.Stir fry for 1/2 a minute.

Add rice and salt, mix well. Now squeeze lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Let it heat through and then turn off the heat.

If you need more sour ness in the rice, add some more lime juice.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve it with yogurt or pickle.