Lemon rice is an easy recipe which can be prepared in less than 15 minutes using pantry staples. It is known as “Elimicham Pazham sadam” in Tamil and is a very popular rice in Tamilnadu.
Ingredients:
Cooked Rice – 1 1/2 cups
Oil – 2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Chana dal/bengal gram dal – 1/2 tsp
Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
Red chillies (whole) – 2
Green Chillies – 2
Roasted Peanuts/Cashewnuts – 12 -15
Curry leaves – 7-8
Coriander leaves – 1 1/2 tbsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Juice of 2 Lemons
Salt – as required
Preparation:
Wash and cook the rice. To cook it, boil the rice in 4 cups of water with little salt and a tsp of oil added to it. When it is almost cooked, take it off the fire and strain the water. Transfer the rice to a big plate to cool it down completely so that it does not stick to each other. Make sure the grains are not sticky.
Heat oil. When it becomes hot, add mustard seeds, udad dal, chana dal, red chillies, green chillies, curry leaves, peanuts, asafoetida and turmeric powder. Stir and put off the flame or take it off the stove. When it cools down, add the lime juice to it and then the cooked rice. Add enough salt and mix well. Garnish it with some roasted peanuts or cashews and coriander leaves. Adjust the amount of lime juice as per your preference of sourness.
You may serve the lime rice with potato chips or spicy potato masala.
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