Lemon Rice

Lemon Rice is a famous rice dish from Karnataka usually enjoyed in festivals.

Lemon rice, #Kosambari (typical South Indian salad) , #rasam (lentil &tomato soup )and rice kheer (Indian rice pudding) is something that is enjoyed during most Karnataka festivals. My mom cooks it at our home using a special ground masala in lemon rice.

Ingredients

250 gram Sona Masoori Rice 🍚 (Donot use Basmati Rice)

8-10 cashew-nuts

1tbsp raw peanuts

1 tsp Split Chickpeas (brown) Chana Dal

1tsp Split and dehisced black gram lentils Urad Dal

1 tsp mustard (sarson) seeds

1 tsp cumin (jeera) seeds

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tbsp roasted gram lentils

Pinch of asafoetida

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1 big yellow lemon juice 🍋

2-3 green chillies

5-6 curry leaves

1 tsp salt

2 tbsp groundnut oil (use any other vegetable oil of your choice)

1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Recipe

Cook the rice with 1/2 tsp oil and 8-10 drops of lemon 🍋 juice. Once cooked spread the rice in a large bowl and mix remaining lemon and salt 🧂 (Based on your taste you may increase or decrease the quantity )

Parallel

Heat the frying pan and lightly roast cumin , mustard, roasted gram dal. Make a coarse powder of this in a mixer or best using a grinding stone.

Heat the oil in the same pan, add chana dal , urad dal and groundnuts.

Once they turn brownish red, add the cashew-nuts.

Further add all the left over ingredients and mix well.

Cook the mixture for maximum 2 minutes and turn off the heat.

Allow the mixture to cool down, mix it with the rice 🍚 and serve

If you have fresh coconut available , you may add the grated coconut 🥥 for garnishing.

Total

30 min

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See how I enjoy Lemon rice in my #Thali for #dinner or #lunch

What comes to your mind when you think of rice? Just white plain rice with some curry or vegetable. Did you think eating only rice when made in a special way can also be a treat for your tastebuds. Lemon 🍋 is something that is available year round in most regions of the world so why not make your rice special today?

My story of lemon rice

In my house Lemon rice is cooked by my mom on all festive occasions. Most of my friends and family members are a big fan of this dish. You wont believe that we made this dish tons of times for thousands of guests /friends /relatives and no one could resist it. This was the most loved dish at the time when my mother started a small #homerestaurant called as Brinda's South corner.

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