Lemon Rice South Indian Style
By: Usha Chowdhary Gupta
Published: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 5:02am

Ingredients




3- 4 cups Rice boiled with little salt, [ Rice preferably Kolam or Poni variety ],
Tempering
2 Tbsp Oil,
5-6 Curry leaves,
2-3 Pinch of Mustard seeds,
6-7 Cashew nuts,
4-5 Pinch Urad dal split,
1-2 Pinch of Asafoetida [opt ],
1-2 Whole red Chillies [opt ],
1 Green Chilly cut [opt ].
Mix together..
1 Lemon juice squeezed, Salt n 1\8 Tsp Turmeric powder.
Mix all three well.

Preparation

1 Heat oil in a wide pan and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter. 2 Also add all the ingredients mentioned under the tempering. 3 Allow the cashews n urad dal to turn light golden brown. 4 Now add the lemon mix n quickly add the rice and stir or mix gently. 5 Garnish with curry leaves and fried cashews, serve hot. 6 Tips 1 When boiling the rice take care so that the rice is not mushy and the grains remain separate. i.e the grains of rice should not stick to each other. 7 2 Also try adding sliced onion sliced & fried till golden brown.

About

Lemon rice a tasty rice variety of South India.
Which can be made easily n quickly at home.
Lemon juice gives a very tangy flavor to the rice.