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Lemon Rice Recipe - Illuminated plain / pictured
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Lemon Rice Recipe - Illuminated plain / pictured

A sattvic South Indian Recipes recipe with cooked rice - in grainy form, mustard seeds, white urad dal (split). Ready in 30 min, serves 4.

Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳

Calories
—kcal
Estimated Cost
₹275-425
Servings Scaler
4

Instructions

13 steps
  1. 1

    To begin making the Lemon Rice Recipe (Elumichai Sadam/Chitranna), make sure you have some cooked rice ready

    cooked rice - in grainy form(2 cups)
  2. 2

    It helps using a day old rice as the grains will be separated out well

    cooked rice - in grainy form(2 cups)
  3. 3

    Keep the remaining ingredients handy, as this recipe will be made in a jiffy

  4. 4

    Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan or kadai, add the mustard seeds, the urad dal and peanuts

    mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)white urad dal (split)(1 teaspoon)raw peanuts (moongphali)(1/4 cup)
  5. 5

    Allow them to crackle and the dal and the peanuts to get roasted well until it gets a golden brown color

    raw peanuts (moongphali)(1/4 cup)
  6. 6

    Do this on low to medium heat else they will get brown faster than you want them to and the peanuts will remain raw

    raw peanuts (moongphali)(1/4 cup)
  7. 7

    Once the dal is golden brown and roasted, add the curry leaves, ginger, green chillies, turmeric powder and stir for a few seconds

    sprig curry leaves - roughly chopped(1)inch ginger - grated(1)green chillies - finely chopped(2)turmeric powder (haldi)(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - a small bunch finely chopped
  8. 8

    Add the cooked rice, sprinkle some salt and give it a good stir until all the ingredients have combined well and the rice gets well coated

    cooked rice - in grainy form(2 cups)salt - taste
  9. 9

    Turn the heat to low, cover the pan and allow the lemon rice to steam along with the seasonings for a couple of minutes

    cooked rice - in grainy form(2 cups)
  10. 10

    After a couple of minutes, squeeze the lemon juice and give the rice a good stir

    cooked rice - in grainy form(2 cups)
  11. 11

    Check the salt and spice levels and adjust to suit your taste

    salt - taste
  12. 12

    Turn off the heat and stir in the chopped coriander leaves and serve

    sprig curry leaves - roughly chopped(1)green chillies - finely chopped(2)coriander (dhania) leaves - a small bunch finely chopped
  13. 13

    Serve the Lemon Rice (Elumichai Sadam/Chitranna) along with papad and tomato onion raita, or plain yogurt

    cooked rice - in grainy form(2 cups)

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