Lemon rice is one of the pre-dominant dishes prepared in South Indian home. It is tasty, makes a good meal and is actually a festive delicacy. A traditional festive meal has it as one of the savoury dishes prepared without onion.

Today, I have a quick-fix lunch box menu. It is ideal to prepare for weekend dinner too. A quick dinner is ready if you have pre-cooked rice on hand. You may use fresh green peas instead of ground nuts.

This is a vegan and gluten-free food, considering that you are using gluten-free asafoetida.

Lemon rice is easy to prepare, filling, can be made with or without onion and one can use left over rice too.

INGREDIENTS :

• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 2 teaspoon bengal gram
• 2 teaspoon urad dal
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 cup peanut
• 4 green chilly
• a few curry leaves
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 lemon
• coriander leaves for garnishing

PROCEDURE :

1. Allow the rice too cool.
2. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. As it crackles, put bengal gram  and urad dal to it. Allow them to cook for a few seconds, throw in the peanuts and curry leaves. Stir occasionally. Add green chillies, turmeric powder and asafoetida to it.
3. Now, put green chilli pieces, after a few second put the onion pieces to it. Let cook for sometime.
4. Once it turns translucent, turn off the stove.
5. Put rice to it. Add salt and mix it.
6. Put lemon juice and chopped coriander to it.
7. Lemon rice is ready to serve.

Take a tip:

• Fresh peas may be added to it. Avoid using groundnuts if using peanuts.
• Lentils taste good if they are crunchy, let them turn golden in colour.
• Adjust the quantity of green chilly as per your liking.
• Fresh coconut may be added if serving immediately. Avoid putting it in lunch box, it may turn stale.
• Grains of rice should be separate.

This is an old post which I have redone now. Sending this to Foodies Redoing Old Post15, a group which we participate every fortnightly. I have updated the post with better pictures and text.

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