Lemon Onion Rice

Aruna Thapar
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.

Lemon Onion Rice

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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.

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Ingredients

20 minutes
2 servings
  1. For preparing rice :
  2. 1 bowlbasmati rice
  3. 1& 1/2 bowl water
  4. To tastesalt
  5. 1/4 tspturmeric powder
  6. For tempering :
  7. 1onion
  8. 1/2 bowlpeanuts
  9. 1 tspmustard seeds
  10. To tastesalt
  11. 1 tbsp cooking oil
  12. 1 tbsp urad dhuli dal
  13. 1/8 tspasafoetida
  14. 1 tbsp crushed cashew nuts
  15. 1whole dried red chilli
  16. 8-10curry leaves
  17. 1lemon

Cooking Instructions

20 minutes
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5

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

  6. 6

    Serve hot with salad or pickle.

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