Lemon Rice
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Lemon rice is a popular preperation of rice & it is served by almost all South Indian restaurants. As the name suggests it has a tangy lemon flavour & requires very few ingredients.here is the recipe
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Ingredients
- Steamed Rice 2 cups
- Peanuts 1tbsp
- Black Mustard seeds 1 tsp
- Green chilli slitted 2
- Ginger finally chopped 1/4 tsp
- Lemon zest from 1 lemon
- Lemon juice 1 1/2 tbsp
- Curry leaves 7-8
- Kasuri Methi 1 tbsp
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
- Salt
- Hing a pinch
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Instructions
- Heat a wok. Add oil. Once the oil is hot add mustard seeds& let it crackle
- Now add ginger chili curry leaves & kasuri methi. Cook for 1 min
- Add peanuts . Cook for 2-3 min. Add turmeric powder. Mix well
- Now add rice . Mix well. Add lemon juice , lemon zest & salt
- Mix well. Cook for 2 min & it's ready to serve.
- Though it is good to eat alone but you can serve it with coconut chutney
Notes
- For lemon rice rice grains must not be sticked together
- It turns out very good with left over rice
- You can add chana dal & split urad dal in tadka . My family likes it without dal so I Don’t use it
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