Lemon Rice Restaurant Style
Kerala-style flavoured rice — each grain separate, gently spiced, and cooked until it is just tender. A squeeze of lime and a handful of fried cashews finish it off.
Ingredientsfor 3 servings
- Raw Rice ( ) : 2 cup (Pachari)
- Lemon Juice : juice of one big lemon (Cheru Naranga
- Ginger : 2 tsp — chopped
- 3 nos Green Chilli : 2 — cut into small pieces
- 10 Leaves Curry Leaves : 8
- Turmeric Powder : 2 tsp
- 2 tsp 2 tsp (Thuvara parippu)
- Kappalandi (Peanuts) : 3 tsp
- Salt, to taste
- Sesame / Refined Oil, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Cook the rice (avoid pressure cooker to cook the rice) and remove the water from it and keep it separately to cool for about 10 -15 minutes.
Step 2
Heat the oil in a frying pan.
Step 3
Add thuvara parippu, uzhunnu parippu (if necessary), peanuts and stir the Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 4
Add curry leaves also into this mix and stir it further for 2 - 3 minutes.
Step 5
Add turmeric powder and lemon juice into this mix.
Step 6
Next, add the cooked rice.
Step 7
Stir the mix for about 2 - 3 minutes and turn off the heat and change the lemon rice into a serving bowl / vessel.
Step 8
Enter Step.
Step 9
Lemon Rice is ready and it will be very delicious to eat with coconut chutney.
Tip
For each cup of rice, use slightly less water than usual when adding other liquid ingredients like coconut milk or stock.
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