Lemon Yellow Rice Recipe
Nimakkaya Pulihora – a South Indian rice dish made with fresh lemon juice. Chitrannam (tangy lemon rice) can easily be put together when you’re running short of time. You can also prepare Lemon Rice with leftover rice.
Servings: 4
Calories: 276kcal
Ingredients
- Cooked Rice – 2 cups
- Chana dal – 1 tsp
- Urad dal – 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
- Curry leaves – 2 stalks
- Dry red chillies – 3
- Peanuts – 1/3 cup
- Asafoetida – a pinch
- Grated Ginger – ½ tsp
- Green chillies – 2
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Turmeric – ½ tsp
- Lemon juice – 2 tsp
- Salt – ½ tsp
Instructions
- To make Chitrannam, keep the leftover rice ready. Otherwise just cook some rice and keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a deep pan and temper with urad dal, chana dal and mustard seeds.
- Add curry leaves, peanuts and red chillies. Sauté for about a minute on medium heat.
- Add grated ginger, green chillies and asafoetida. Sauté for 30 seconds.
- Sprinkle turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.
- Stir in the leftover or pre-cooked rice and combine well. Stir gently for 1-2 minutes. Turn off the gas.
- Add lemon juice and mix the Chitrannam well.
- Remove and serve Yellow Lemon Rice with coconut chutney and cabbage-carrot thoran as a side dish.
Notes
* To make onion pulihora, just add sliced onions alongwith grated ginger to the seasoning and fry well.