Rice lemon

How to make lemon rice,Rice lemon

Ingredients for lemon rice

Lemon Rice

• Cooked plain rice- 2 cups
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• Green chillies - 1 or 2, more or less according to taste
• Groundnuts(peanuts) - 8-10 no.
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander leaves (Cilantro) - 1 tbsp chopped
• Curry leaves - 4-5
• Salt - 1/2 teaspoon or to taste
• fresh grated coconut (optional) - 2-3 tbsp

For Seasoning

• vegetable Oil - 1 tablespoon
• Bengal gram dal - 1/2 tea spoon
• Urad (black gram)dal - 1/2 tea spoon
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Asafoetida - a pinch

Preparation

1. chop/slit chilli
2. chop coriander leaves
3. Cool rice

Cooking Method

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When they stop crackling, add peanuts, Bengal gram dal and urad dal. Fry for 5 seconds but do not let them burn.
3. Add asafetida, turmeric powder
4. Add chopped chillies, curry leaves. Fry for 5 seconds.
5. Take off the pan from the stove and let it cool a little.
6. add cooked rice, lemon juice, salt, chopped coriander leaves
7. Mix well.

Lime rice is ready. Serve it as a meal by itself or with a cucumber or tomato salad and papad.

Tips:

1. The steamed rice should be cooked but not too soft. Each grain should still be separate otherwise the lime rice will be sticky rice.
2. Fresh grated coconut is always added to this rice dish but if planning to keep for long, you may add dry deccicated coconut instead of fresh coconut or omit it.