Lemon Rice | Variety Rice Recipe | Quick Lunch Ideas

Today I'm sharing with you the most easy rice you will ever find. Yeah, it's lemon rice, an easy south Indian delicacy which is flavored with the tanginess of lemon. If you have leftover rice at home, it can be prepared in less than 5 minutes. Also, it is made with very simple ingredients which will be always available at home. So we can enjoy this recipe any time. It's one of the best lunch box recipe.

Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

Rice - 2 cup

Lemon - 2

Red Chilli - 4

Green Chilli -3

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Channa dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1 tblspn

Peanuts - 2 tblspn

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Salt - to taste

Sesame oil - 2 tblspn

Method:

Cook rice adding a tsp of oil and salt. Spread them in a wide plate or a large bowl. Drizzle little oil, mix them well and keep aside.

Squeeze lemon and extract its juice. Remove any seeds present in them. Chop red chilli and green chilli.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When it begins to splutter, add urad dal, channa dal, peanuts, red chilli and green chilli and curry leaves. Fry till it becomes golden. Do not let them burn.

Add in turmeric and switch off the flame. When it is slightly cooled, add the lemon juice and pour this mixture over the rice. Mix them carefully. Check for salt.

Serve with coconut thogayal or potato roast.

Note:

• Adding lemon juice when hot will give you a bitter taste.
• You can also directly add lemon juice while mixing.
• Adjust lemon juice according to taste.
• Adding more chillies gives an nice taste

 Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Pressure cook rice with salt and sesame oil(to avoid stickiness). Spread them in a wide open vessel

Chop green onion and red chilli. Squeeze lemon juice and remove its seeds

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and let it crackle

Add peanuts and curry leaves. Because peanut take some time to fry than other ingredients

Add in chopped green chilli and red chilli

Then, add urad dal and channa dal. Do not let everything burn

Add in turmeric and saute for few seconds

Switch off the flame and add the squeezed lemon juice. If you add lemon juice while it is in flame, lemon rice may turn bitter

Pour this over the rice

Mix well

Its ready