Lemon Rice – Temple Style
- 18
- February
- 2011
Ingredients
- 1 cup – cooked rice
- 1-2 lemons, juice
- salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 3 green chilies, chopped
- 1 inch ginger, grated
- curry leaves few
- 1-2 tsp chana-urad dal
- 1 pinch of asafoetida
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 fistful peanuts / cashew nuts
- few tsp sesame oil
Method
In a wide pan, heat oil and add all the tempering spices. Then, add chilies, ginger and lemon juice to it. Further add salt and turmeric too. When its sizzles, remove from heat and run this over the cooked (but at the same time cold-room temperature rice) rice. Mix well. Serves well as a lunch box dish. Enjoy.
very perfect for lunch box
Malar this rice is looking so good..exactly like the temple rice…can’t ever have enough of lemon rice.
Temple lemon rice is my fav it tastes something different and yummy.
Such a flavourful rice, delicious!
aroma …..yummy!
looks fantastic. Superb!!!
Its the easiest and goes so well without any curry also.. just a delicious dish..
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love lemon rice and that looks so tempting delicious..
Looks very tempting.
Is that adding seseme Oil makes it tastes like Temple lemon rice..
Amma used to make mostly lemon and tamrind rice in seaseme oil only…
I like the idea of keeping them in box for 2-3 hours, as truely these kind of rices taste better when they are little old.
looking awesome.
Very yummy rice..
looks Lovely Malar I love lemon rice:)
quite perfect for my kiddos lunch box!Luv lemon rice!
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Oh Jaleela, I made a typo’…its 1 table spoon lemon juice for one large cup of rice. I always assume, people know rice cup is different from measuring cup…ooops:( Maybe next time, I will be specific.
Geetha,
Sesame oil makes it so authentic…