Lemon Rice
Lemon rice is one of the simple and easy dishes to make. It is most popular and often prepared rice in South India.
Servings: 3 people
Calories: 382kcal
Equipment
- 1 Skillet/Steel Pan
- 1 Spoon
Ingredients
1 Cup = 250ml ; 1 tbsp =15ml ; 1 tsp =5ml
- 2 tablespoon oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon urad dal/skinned black lentils
- 1 teaspoon chana dal/split chick peas
- 2 tablespoon peanuts/groundnut
- 2 green chillies slit
- 1 dry red chillies broken
- 1 teaspoon ginger finely chopped/grated
- Few curry leaves
- salt as required
- pinch asafoetida/hing (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 3 cups cooked rice
- Juice from half lime
- handful coriander leaves chopped
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan on medium flame.2 tablespoon oil
- Add ½ teaspoon mustard seeds and let them crackle.½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- Then add 1 teaspoon urad dal/skinned black lentils, 1 teaspoon chana dal/split chick peas, 2 tablespoon peanuts/groundnut and saute until chana dal turns golden brown.1 teaspoon urad dal/skinned black lentils, 1 teaspoon chana dal/split chick peas, 2 tablespoon peanuts/groundnut
- Add 2 green chillies, 1 dry red chillies, 1 teaspoon ginger, Few curry leaves and sauté for few seconds or until red chillies change colour.2 green chillies, 1 dry red chillies, 1 teaspoon ginger, Few curry leaves
- Now add a pinch of pinch asafoetida/hing (optional), salt.salt, pinch asafoetida/hing (optional)
- Add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder mix well and reduce the flame to lowest setting.¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- Now add 3 cups cooked rice.3 cups cooked rice
- Squeeze Juice from half lime .Juice from half lime
- Mix well and turn off the flame.
- Add handful coriander leaveshandful coriander leaves
- Mix until well combined.
- Enjoy Lemon Rice with pakoda, poppadums or pickle.
Notes
Ensure not to use freshly cooked rice immediately as it could get mushy while mixing. Allow rice to cool and then use it.
Asafoetida enhances the flavour, skip it if you don’t like it or unavailable near your place.
Adjust lemon juice and chillies according to your preferred sourness and spice levels.
Nutrition
Calories: 382kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 103mg | Potassium: 133mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg
