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September 16, 2010

Lemon Rice



Lemon rice is very easy to prepare. But the proportion of lime juice to salt has to be perfect for great tasting rice. I prefer using lime instead of lemon.

Serves 2

Ingredients:
Basmathi Rice - 3/4 cup uncooked
Juice from 2 small limes
Salt
Coriander leaves - To garnish
Curry leaves - a few
Frozen Peas - 1 tsp(optional)

Seasoning:
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urud Dal - 1 tsp
Cashews or Peanuts - 1 tsp
Raisins - 1 tsp(optional)
Green Chilli - 1
Hing - a pinch
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Method:
Rinse and drain basmathi rice. Cook in 1 1/2 cups of water. Set aside.
Heat oil in a wide pan.
Add mustard seeds, urud dal, cashews and raisins. Allow mustard seeds to splutter and cashews to turn light golden brown. Add peas, green chilli, hing and turmeric powder. Saute for 10 seconds.
Turn off the heat.
Add lime juice and salt to the seasoning.
Now gently mix rice without smashing it.
Garnish with coriander leaves and curry leaves.
Serve with pappad or avial.

23 comments:

  1. Beautiful clicks, love lemon rice anytime..very tempting..

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  2. never saw lemon rice so much tempting ...awesome click too

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

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  3. Very beautiful clicks...just chanced upon ur site on the net !
    Sinfully Spicy

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  4. so tempting and lovely click....love it!!

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  5. It looks beautiful...I posted lemon rice too today!!!
    Smitha

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  6. Superb presentation Mahima,yellow in black BG looks so good...yummy rice....

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  7. looks yum ,.gng to prepare now for todays breakfast

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  8. Lovely click...not a fan of lime rice but urs tempts me to try it

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  9. Only you can make the simple lemon rice to look so pretty and appealing :) Lovely click and this is my alllllll time favorite :)

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  10. Excellent looking lemon rice. very colorful. Would taste wonderful with Sambar.
    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  11. Wowow, beautiful click.. My all time fav :)

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  12. Looks so colorful and yummy. Love the crunchy peanuts..

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  13. That looks delicious! What's hing?

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  14. I would never think of raisin(which I love) in rice

    Sara
    http://www.momentsofelegance.com

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  15. OMG what a tempting lemon rice.... people who dont eat lemon rice also will definitely eat urs....

    http://akilaskitchen.blogspot.com

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  16. Beautiful looking lemon rice!!

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  17. You received a big "like" in an article about original recipes for Rice, so I came to see, also because I am a fan of lemon in food, and now I'm also going to try and cook! Thank you!

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  18. This recipe is one of my favorite food.I love to lemon rice with chicken recipes.This lemon rice looks great and delicious.Thank you for sharing this recipe.

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  19. Very nice & also easy to cook

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  20. A nice recipe.easy and quick.Can the preparation be used for two days without freeze,during train journey?

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