Explore South Indian cuisine with this easy recipe of lemon rice to try at home

Lemon rice is an auntic tritional delicacy of South Indian cuisine. It is a simple preparation of rice with an ded flavour of lemon, peanuts, and cashew nuts. Lemon rice is tritionally served with pappums or a vegetable sal. However, in many parts of South India, it is also served with raita or curd. It is an easy-to-cook meal and a perfect at any time of day. Here is an easy recipe for lemon rice. 

• 1 cup raw rice (or 3 cups cooked rice)
• 2 tablespoon peanuts
• 10-15 Curry Leaves (Kari Patta)
• 2 Green Chillies
• 1 teaspoon Rai (Black Mustard Seeds)
• 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
• 1/2 teaspoon Ur Dal (Split & Skinned Black Lentils)
• 1/2 teaspoon Chana Dal (Split Chickpeas)
• 2-3 whole Dried Red Chillies
• 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
• 1/8 teaspoon Asafoetida (Heeng)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2-3 tablespoons Lemon Juice
• 2 tablespoons oil

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Preparation of lemon rice

• Wash and rinse 1 cup of rice with water. n d m in a pressure cooker along with 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons oil and 2 cups of water. Cook rice till you get 2 whistles n cool it down. n gently fluff rice with a fork.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan and roast peanuts. In same pan, d 1 teaspoon Black Mustard Seeds (Rai) and let m crackle.
• When Mustard Seeds start to splutter, d 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds and fry m for a few seconds. d 1/2 teaspoon ur dal (split & skinned Black Lentils) and 1/2 teaspoon chana dal (split chickpeas). Fry m till y turn golden brown.

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• d 2-3 whole dried red chillies and fry m for a minute. d 10-15 curry leaves along with finely chopped green chillies to pan. n d 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1/8 teaspoon asafoetida.
• d cooked rice to pan. d 2-3 tablespoons of lemon juice to rice. Toss rice gently to coat m in tempering.
• w d roasted peanuts to rice and mix everything toger. Turn off heat and let rice sit for 5 minutes. Lemon rice is rey. You can serve it as is or with any raita or pap.

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