Today we share with you how to make the lemon rice recipes, lemon rice recipe is one of the most famous south Indian rice. This is an easy & quick lemon rice recipe made with basic ingredients like fresh coconuts, lemon juice, and rice. Rice is much-loved stapled in South India.
Ingredients
- Roop Mahal Basmati Rice : 250gm
- Channa Dal: 10gm
- Urad Dal: 10gm
- Hing: a generous pinch
- Mustard Seeds: 8-10 gm
- Oil or Ghee: 20 gm
- Whole dried red chilies: 5 Nos
- Curry leaves: 25-30 Leaves
- Roasted peanuts: 50 gm
- Turmeric: 1/2 spoon
- Salt to taste
- Lemon Juice: 2 lemon
Garnish
- Grated fresh coconuts: 15gms
Instruction for cooking lemon rice
- Rinse and gently rub the rice under fresh water till the water runs clear.
- Soak the rice in freshwater for 1 hour approximately.
- Bring the water to boil in a saucepan. Add soaked rice and some salt to give the rice a salty flavor.
- Let it come to boil again. Reduce heat and let the rice cook completely.
- Strain the rice and keep it aside.
- In a pot, heat up the oil on medium-high heat.
- Add channa dal & urad dal and stir continuously till it cook properly and you get a light golden color.
- Now add hing and mustard seeds.
- When the mustard seeds start crackling, add red chilies and curry leaves.
- When the curry leaves start to splutter, add turmeric, peanuts, and salt.
- Finally, add boiled rice into the pan and toss well along with all the ingredients till it get enough hot.
- Now sprinkle lemon juice all over the rice and again toss for a minute.
- Serve hot with grated coconut on top.
