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 calls it as chitranna. It is one of the essentials made without onions.
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.
What goes in the Lemon rice
- Rice : Well cooked rice that is not smudgy is needed.
- Oil : Any neutral oil. I prefer using groundnut oil.
- Mustard seeds : It helps in setting the right tone of cooking. The right temperature of oil is used when the seeds crackle.
- Bengal gram
- Urad dal
- Green chillies
- Peanut
- Curry leaves
- onion : It is used here but many people avoid using it when making on a festive day.
- lemon : It helps in balancing the flavour of the dish.
- coriander leaves
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lemon rice is a great lunch box idea too..great recipe dear!!
Thankyou dear Shubha
ohh! That looks absolutely yummy!!
Thankyou dear Kimberly
really flavourfull
Thankyou dear Vani
Lemon rice is one of my favourite South Indian rice dish. Best part is that it’s tastes great in lunch box with some pickle.
Lemon rice is one of my easy lunch box idea when I have some left over rice. Loving your version with peanuts
Yummy, always love how refreshing and tasty lemon rice is. What I like about this simple flavorful rice dish is that it tastes equally good when its cold.Makes good travel food.