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Lemon rice

quick 5 minutes variety rice
5 from 3 votes
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Ingredients

  • 2 + 1/2 cup cooked rice loosely packed
  • 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Peanut oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tablespoon urad dal
  • 1 tablespoon channa dal
  • 2 tablespoon roasted peanuts
  • 8 cashew slit
  • few curry leaves
  • 2 Green chilli deseeded
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • Hing generous pinch
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • Salt as needed
  • Pinch of sugar

Instructions

  • Firstly on the plate spread the cooked rice and add sesame oil
  • Mix gently and keep it aside
  • In a wide pan add oil and turn on the stove in low- medium flame
  • Warm the oil little for about 30 second
  • Add mustard seeds, urad dal, Channa dal, roasted peanuts, and cook
  • Roast till the mustard seeds splutter and dal turns golden brown
  • Turn down the flame and add curry leaves, green Chill, red Chilli, and ginger, give a good mix
  • Furthermore, add turmeric powder and required salt, mix well
  • Add hing and turn down flame to lowest
  • Furthermore, add lemon juice and let it come to one frothy boil
  • Turn off the stove immediately and add rice
  • Mix gently and make the all the ingredients are well combined
  • Add rice and mix gently
  • Finally, add a pinch of sugar and few coriander leaves and give a good gentle mix
  • Mix gently and tasty lemon rice is ready

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Notes

  1. If the rice is hot mix the rice gently with a fork
  2. Avoid mixing the rice when it is hot as lemon rice might turn mushy
  3. While measuring cooked rice,pack loosely to avoid rice turning mushy
  4. If you are using leftover rice, heat the rice, spread them on a plate after they turn warm use it
  5. I have used peanut oil. Instead, use sesame oil or any cooking oil
  6. Usually, we add the tempering after the oil turns hot. For lemon, rice add the tempering when oil is warm so that dal and nuts turn brown evenly
  7. If dal and nuts are added one after another,  they might burn
  8. Adjust green and red chilli according to your spice. I have used deseeded chillies
  9. I have used grated ginger.Instead, you can use ginger powder
  10. To get roasted curry leaves,you can add them along with dal. make sure curry leaves don't have moisture
  11. Adjust cashew and peanut quantity according to your taste
  12. I have used roasted peanuts hence added directly
  13. Adjust the lemon juice quantity according to the sourness of the lemon you use
  14. Always add the lemon juice after turning down the flame to the lowest setting
  15. Also avoid cooking lemon juice for long time. Turn off after you see frothy boil
  16. Sugar is optional but it enhances the flavor
  17. Prepare and eat lemon rice after few hours for the best flavor
  18. While preparing any variety rice,always keep extra rice handy. If variety rice turned spicy/ salty, it will be easy to fix
  19. Also, add a pinch of salt to the squeezed lemon juice if are not going to add right after squeezing.
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