
I have used split urad dal in the tempering you can use skinned urad dal. You can use pre-cooked rice or make lemon rice with leftover rice. You can cook rice in the instant pot, on the stovetop in a pan or pressure cooker or rice cooker. Sprinkle some chopped coriander and enjoy a delicious bowl of lemon rice. Now add cooked rice and mix gently with tempering, add lime juice and cook for a minute more. Add 2-3 tablespoon water and cook this dal for 2-3 minutes to make dal slightly soft. Saute’ them for a minute and then add turmeric mix and cook for 1 minute. Fry them for a few minutes on slow heat and then add chopped green chillies and grated ginger, dried red chillies and curry leaves. Now add raw peanuts and roast them on slow heat for 2-3 minutes.ĭrain them out of the pan and in the same pan add mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal. On the stovetop place a pan and add ghee or oil as per your preference. Switch on the steamed rice program and once the rice cooker switches to keep warm function.
Add salt, mix everything together and cover with a rice cooker lid. Now add these drained out rice to the rice cooker.Īdd double the quantity of water as per rice. While I was making this recipe I cooked rice in the rice cooker.įirst, rinse rice two-three times in plenty of water till the water runs clear. You can even use leftover rice if you have that in the fridge. Lemon Rice Stovetop Methodįor this method first cook rice either on the stovetop or rice cooker or make Instant pot rice. Cover with rice cooker lid and cook rice as per cooking program.Īfter the rice is done cooking add the tempering mix along with a generous quantity of lime juice and mix everything well. Now wipe the inner pot of the rice cooker and add rinsed and soaked rice. Take out the tempering in a separate bowl and keep it aside. Prepare this tempting mixture switch of the rice cooker. Switch on the rice cooker on cooking mode, add ghee or oil and follow the rest of the steps of tempering. First prepare tempering or tadka of the lemon rice (As I have shown in step by step recipe) in the rice cooker itself.
If you want to cook lemon rice completely in a rice cooker without using a stovetop you can do so easily. Rice cooker lemon rice is one of the easiest things to make. Instant Pot Rice Lemon rice in the rice cooker Instant pot rice, cooked rice in rice cooker and rice cooked in open pot all work fine. You can cook rice with any of the given method.
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How to Make Lemon Rice ?įirst step is making cooked rice. Tempering ingredients: Urad dal, Chana Dal, Gheeįresh:Curry leaves, green chilli, lime juice, coriander leaves. Rice: Any medium grain rice or long grain rice work great. Can be made with basic pantry ingredients.One of the most popular lunch box recipes from South Indian cuisine.Vegetarian rice dish that can be made vegan.Easy main with yogurt, pickle & poppadom.
Easy to make and super quick lunch recipe. Flavour packed and can be made with leftovers. Lemon Rice Stepwise Recipe with Pictures. You can use lemons but In India, mostly lime is used which has a stronger flavour, and are more tart than lemons. In this lemony rice dish, fresh lime juice gives it a refreshing and tangy flavour. This easy and simple recipe is made with cooked rice, tempering of a few spices and a lot of lemon juice or Indian lime juice. Lemon rice is also known as Chitrana in Karnataka or Elumichai sadam in Tamil Nadu. Not only for lunch or dinner this is one of the popular breakfast dishes which is often made with leftover rice. If you love turmeric yellow rice that is healthy, quick and packed with spicy lemony flavour and looks gorgeous on the table this is the dish for you. All you need is basic pantry ingredients and 20 minutes. You can serve lemon rice with plain yogurt or as a side dish with curry it makes one of the quickest lunch recipes that are simple and delicious. Fresh lemon juice, herbs and spices add refreshing taste in this dish. Lemon rice is flavour packed, easy to make South Indian rice dish.