🍋 How to Make Lemon Rice – A Traditional South India

    🍋 How to Make Lemon Rice – A Traditional South India 

•  When we speak of easy, yummy, and comfort food, nothing can beat Lemon Rice (also known as Elumichai Sadam in Tamil) that always lands on a plate. The versatility of this dish is well suited to the South Indian cuisine, comprising of few ingredients, simple to cook and having a deliciously tangy taste; it is one of the most popular recipes of the South.
• So, coming to the point of this article, how to make Lemon Rice in step by step fashion. A structured informative article with all the important information such as tips, health benefits and frequently asked questions should consist of approximately 1500 words.

So what is Lemon Rice?

lemon rice is an Indian rice dish that is considered one of the classic South Indian recipes which utilizes cooked rice seasoned with lemon juice along with the spicy tempering of mustard seeds, lentils, chilies and curry leaves. 

It can be easily prepared.

• Lunch box size, ideal travel size
• It is cooked without sophisticated equipment in the kitchen
• Beats out in solo or sides simple

What Is Needed:

• Baked Rice
• Raw Rice- 1 cup
• Water 2 l/2 cups water
• Salt - на вкус.
• oil-1 tsp
• To Temper:
• Oil 2 tablespoon
• Salt Mustardt seeds, -1 tsp
• Split Black gram – 1 tsp Urad Dal.
• chana dal (split Bengal gram) 1/2 tsp
• (sliced) Green Chilly:
• Dried red Chilies -2
• Curry leaves- 1 string
• Cashew Nuts 8- 10.
• Asafoetida (Hing) boyutu newslettersa a pinch
• Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• Coriander Leaves a sprig of (garnish)
• 2 tablespoons (2.5 ml) (juice of one medium lemon) (Lemon Juice)

Step 1: Cooking Rice:

•  Wash 2-3 times the rice and soak for twenty minutes.
•  Heat 2½ cups of water and add the same to it the rice, salt & 1 tsp of oil.
•  Cook the rice until it is light and fluffy grain.
•  Pierce the cooked rice on to a big plate and leave it to cool.

Step 2: Prepare the tempering :

• Just add mustardzej. After they start popping, put urad dal and chana dal.
• Let dals turn golden in colour.
• Add green, red chilies, chopped ginger, curry leaves and cashewnut.
• Während ein zweites eineln bis zu Aroma entsteht.
•  Also add asafoetida and turmeric powder. Mix well.

Step 3: Blending of the Rice:

• Put the rice in a cooler and add the tempering to it.
• Add necessary salt (it may be necessary) and stir.
• Pour in fresh lemon-juice and mix lightly again so as to coat the rice.
• Decorate with roughly cut up coriander leaves.

Pro Tips of the Perfect Lemon Rice:

• Best texture can be achieved with old rice or leftover rice.
• Avoid squeezing lemon juice on hot rice if at all, only after the rice has cooled or warmed up should the lemon juice be applied to the rice.
• One can substitute cashew nuts with peanuts.
• Regulate the amount of green chili to regulate its spiciness.
• Fresh lemons are necessary, so buy bottled juice will not make the dish as well.

How to serve 🍱

• Lemon rice is both tasty and can be accompanied with:
• Potato Fry
• Papad or appalam
• Coconut Chutney
• Pickle (mango pickle in particular)
• Rasam
• Dal Curry (Paruppu(Dal))
• It also serves as a good accompaniment to any south Indian meal served in a thali.

Lemon Rice Health Benefits:

• Lemon rice can be regarded both as comfort food and something with a lot of health benefits:
• Lemon helps with digesting and increasing immunity
• Turmeric is detoxifying as well as anti-inflammatory
• The Curry Leaves are also sources of iron and antioxidants
• Protein and fiber are added by the use of lentils such as urad and chana dal
• Ginger enhances not only the digestive process but also flavor Ginger usually enhances digestion and it also imparts fragrance
• Low-fat serving and can be adjusted to healthier product with the help of brown rice