Lemon Rice Recipe / Easy and Quick Rice

Lemon rice is a common South Indian rice item. An easy lunch box option. I usually prepare such easy rice items on week ends when I feel lazy to cook full meal.Once the rice is cooked, it takes only 10 mins to prepare lemon rice. 

Temper mustard, urad dal, channa dal, peanuts, red chillies, green chillies, hing, curry leaves add lemon juice and mix cooked rice.

Preparation Time : 5 min

Cooking Time: 10 min

Serves : 4

*Lemon rice can be made from left over rice too.
*You can add peanuts also while tempering.

Ingredients

Cooked Rice _ 3 cup

Lemon _ 2-3

Turmeric _ 1/2 tsp

Salt _ as needed

To Temper

Oil _ 1 tbsp

Mustard _1 tsp

Urad dal _ 1 tsp

Channa dal _ 1 tbsp

Dry Red chilly_ 3

Green chilly _ 4

Asafoetida/Hing _ 1/8 tsp

Curry leaves _ few

1.Cook rice and keep aside. .Squeeze lemon and collect the juice.

2.Heat a broad pan with oil, add mustard, once spluttered, add urad dal, channa dal, and red chilli. . Then add green chillies, curry leaves and hing, give a quick stir. 

3. Add salt, turmeric powder and lemon juice. Keep in medium flame. 

    Now add cooked rice and mix well. Adjust salt to taste.