Lemon Rice (Nimmakaya Pulihora) 

Lemon Rice is a delicious South Indian dish you can easily prepare when you are in a hurry. You can also make it with leftover rice. This is the common dish in simple meal to festive feast.

Ingredients: 

2 cups cooked rice

2 lemons

5-6 green chilies slit length wise

Salt

½ tsp turmeric

2 tbsp Oil

2 Dry red chilies

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tbsp chana dal

1 tbsp urud dal

Few curry leaves

Pinch of asafetida (inguva)

2 tbsp groundnuts

Chopped coriander

Procedure: 

·         Cook the rice and spread it in a platter to cool down.

·         Squeeze lemon juice in a cup and add salt to it and mix well.

·         Heat oil in a pan and add the peanuts, fry until they turn light brown. Remove them to a plate and keep aside.

·         Now in the remaining oil, add curry leaves, dry red chilies, cumin and mustard seeds. Add chana dal, urud dal green chilies when the cumin seeds start to splutter. Fry for a minute and add the turmeric powder, hing and turn off the fire.

·         Add the above seasoning to rice and wait for 5 minutes to cool the seasoning.

·         Add lemon juice to the rice and mix well with the hand, taking care not to break the rice grains.

·         Taste it, and adjust the salt and lime juice accordingly.

·         Garnish with roasted groundnuts, and chopped coriander serve with papad and curd chilies.