Lemon Rice

Quick & Easy to make Rice!

Spice-up the Lemon Rice

1. We always dry roast 1/4 Teaspoon of Fenugreek seeds, 2 red chili and grind it and add it to the rice. This gives very nice flavor and taste to the lemon rice.
2. Add fresh masala to make Masala Lemon Rice. Follow the recipe here for Masala Lemon Rice
3. Addition of fried peanut to the lemon rice which gives crunchiness to the lemon rice
4. Add both Red Chilies and Green Chilies.. helps in flavor and spice
5. Add finely chopped ginger and skip the Hing. Ginger gives different flavor and taste

Servings for Lemon Rice

1. Lemon Rice by itself is very flavorful, crunchy and tasty and doesn’t require any accompaniment. If required pappad / potato chips.
2. Lemon Rice goes very well with spicy potato curry / Ladies finger fry and Pappad. Any stir-fry vegetables will be apt for Lemon Rice
3. Lemon Rice can be also served with coconut chutney 
4. Lemon Rice with simple pickle also makes a great combo.

Medicinal properties of Lemon

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Lemon Rice Recipe | Quick and Easy South Indian Rice

Course: Rice Varieties

Cuisine: Indian, South Indian, Tamil Nadu

Equipments Needed

• Heavy Bottomed Pan

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Calories: 300kcal

Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Lemon Rice is a staple food in South Indian Kitchen. It's one of the best travel friendly and even a Lunch box recipe. Takes only 10 minutes to make Lemon rice if we have the rice ready. Let's learn how to make Lemon rice with step by step pictures and a video recipe

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 Lemon
• ▢ 1 Cup Cooked Rice 1 Cup - 250ml
• ▢ ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
• ▢ Salt As Needed
• ▢ ¼ tsp Fenugreek Powder

For Tempering

• ▢ 2 tbsp Sesame Oil
• ▢ 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• ▢ ½ tsp Split Urad Dal
• ▢ 2 tsp Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
• ▢ 1 tbsp Peanuts
• ▢ ¼ tsp Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
• ▢ Few Curry Leaves
• ▢ 2 Green Chili
• ▢ 1 Red Chili

Instructions 

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  Cut the lemon in halves and squeeze the lemon and extract the juice and add the salt and keep it aside
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  Spread the cooked rice in a broad plate and allow it to cool it off. 
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  In a heavy bottomed pan, add the the gingelly oil and add the mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the split urid dal, channa dhal, peanuts and hing and fry for a while till the dhal changes its color to red.
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  Now add the chopped green chilli and then add the turmeric powder and remove from flame. To this add the cooked rice, salt and fenugreek powder and stir the rice gently to avoid mashing of rice.
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  Finally add the lemon extract and adjust the salt and gently mix the rice
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  The yummy lemon rice is ready to serve with appalam/ papad or vadam

Video

Notes

1. We can use any rice to make Lemon rice - Sona Masoori, Ponni Arisi and even Basmati Rice. 
2. You can add chopped ginger as well. 
3. We can make Lemon rice using Left over rice as well 
4. You can optionally add grated carrot. This will make the rice more colorful and nutritious. 
5. The quantity of the Lemon required to make lemon rice depends on the tanginess of the lemon. Taste the rice and adjust the lemon. Usually the tanginess will be high in the beginning. Once it settled down, the tanginess will be reduced
6. We can dry roast 1/4 Teaspoon of Fenugreek seeds, 2 red chili and grind it and add it for spice. 
7. We can also add masala while tempering that makes this more masala based Lemon Rice

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts

Lemon Rice Recipe | Quick and Easy South Indian Rice

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 300 Calories from Fat 180

% Daily Value*

Fat 20g31%

Carbohydrates 94g31%

Protein 13g26%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Method for making Lemon Rice:

• Cut the lemon in halves and squeeze the lemon and extract the juice and add the salt and keep it aside
• Spread the cooked rice in a broad plate and allow it to cool it off.
• In a heavy bottomed pan, add the the gingelly oil and add the mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the split urid dal, channa dhal, peanuts and hing and fry for a while till the dhal changes its color to red.

• Now add the chopped green chilli and then add the turmeric powder and remove from flame. To this add the cooked rice, salt and fenugreek powder and stir the rice gently to avoid mashing the rice.

• Finally add the lemon extract and adjust the salt and gently mix the rice

• The yummy lemon rice is ready to serve with appalam/ papad or vadam

Lemon Rice

 

 

Sowmya Venkatachalam

IT Engineer turned full time Food Blogger. I ♡ FOOD. I also love food blogging. Did you make a recipe? Tag @Subbusktichen on Instagram. I WANNA SEE!