Lemon Rice
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 2-3 cups Cooked Rice
- Lemon Juice as required
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- 3-4 Green chilies
- 1 inch Ginger
- 1 sprig Curry Leaves
- 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves
- 1/2 tsp Mustard
- 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 1 pinch Hing
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 1 tbsp Chana dal
- 2 tbsp Fried Cashew
- 2 tbsp Salt or as per your taste
- 2 tbsp Oil
Instructions
- Finely chop ginger, coriander leaves and vertically slit the green chilies.
- Squeeze lemon juice and keep aside.
- Wash rice thoroughly and soak for 10-15 mins. Cook the rice but do not make it mushy. I prefer to cook in rice cooker. Cool it completely
- Sprinkle lemon juice over the cooked rice, mix well and keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard, cumin seeds when splutters, add urad dal and chana dal.
- When the dal turns golden , add ginger, curry leaves and green chilies.
- Add hing, turmeric and salt.
- Finally add coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
- Add this mixture to the cooked rice and mix well. Garnish with fried cashew.
- Lemon rice is ready to serve. Enjoy the lemon rice as it is or you can also have it with gutti vankaya curry.
