Lemon Onion Rice

Name: Lemon Onion Rice
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 bowl basmati rice; 1 & 1/2 bowl water; To taste salt; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 onion; 1/2 bowl peanuts; 1 tsp mustard seeds; To taste salt; 1 tb sp cooking oil; 1 tb sp urad dhuli dal; 1/8 tsp asafoetida; 1 tb sp crushed cashew nuts; 1 whole dried red chilli; 8-10 curry leaves; 1 lemon

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

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Lemon rice is a popular, tangy and flavourful South Indian dish. I have cooked it with onions. Onions absorbs the sourness of lemon and enhances the taste.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

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#Post_6
Lemon rice is a popular, tangy and flavourful South Indian dish. I have cooked it with onions. Onions absorbs the sourness of lemon and enhances the taste.

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Ingredients

20 minutes

2 servings

For preparing rice :
1 bowlbasmati rice
1& 1/2 bowl water
To tastesalt
1/4 tspturmeric powder
For tempering :
1onion
1/2 bowlpeanuts
1 tspmustard seeds
To tastesalt
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp urad dhuli dal
1/8 tspasafoetida
1 tbsp crushed cashew nuts
1whole dried red chilli
8-10curry leaves
1lemon

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Wash and Soak rice in water for 10 minutes. Transfer it in a pressure cooker and add salt and turmeric powder and water and pressure cook till 2 whistles. Switch off the flame and let pressure releases automatically.
2

Heat cooking oil in a wok. Add peanuts and roast for 2 - 3 minutes and remove it in a plate.. Wash peel and chop onion
3

Add mustard seeds and when mustard seeds splutter add asafoetida and saute for 1 minute. Add urad dhuli dal and saute till it gets pinkish. Add onion and dry red chilli and roast till it turn golden brown.
4

Now add peanuts, cashew nuts, green chilli and curry leaves and chilli, salt and turmeric and mix well and saute for 1 minute.
5

Switch off the flame and squeeze lemon juice in it and add cooked rice and mix well. Yummy lemon rice is ready.
6

Serve hot with salad or pickle.