Monday, February 14, 2011

Lemon Rice


Ingredients:
  • Boiled rice (pressure cook the rice) - 2 cups
  • Oil - 2 to 3 Tea spoons
  • Lemon - 1 - Big
  • Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tea spoon
  • Mustard (ఆవాలు) - 1/2 tea spoon
  • Urud Dal (ఉదిపప్పు) - 1/2 tea spoon
  • Channa Dal (సెనగ బేదలు) - 1/2 tea spoon
  • Jeera Seeds (జీలకర్ర) - 1/2 tea spoon
  • Peanuts - 1 Table spoon Roasted
  • Curry Leaves - 2 stems
  • Red dry chillies - 2 
  • Green chillies - 2
  • Salt - To taste
  • Coriander - For garnishing
  • Methi Powder - 1/4 Tea spoon
  • Inguva - A pinch
  • Multigrain Powder - 3 Tea spoons
Method to prepare Multigrain Powder:
  • Take all kind of grains (such as kandhi pappu, pesara pappu, udhi pappu, pachi senaga pappu) in equal parts and fry them separately without oil.
  • Now fry 1 to 2 tea spoons of jeera seeds, dry chillies (based on taste - minimum of 3), curry leaves (1 to 3 stems), Nuvvulu (1 tea spoon) altogether separately.
  • Now grind them altogether and make as fine powder. Salt shouldn't be added so that the powder can be preserved.
  • Can be used for Bittergaurd fry, potato fry etc. based on your taste
Method:
  • Take boiled rice in a bowl and mix with the juice of one lemon and put it aside.
  • Now heat oil in a pan. Add mustard, urud dal, channa dal, jeera seeds and peanuts. Fry them till the mustard pops down.
  • Now add red dry chillies, green chillies, curry leaves, methi powder, inguva and turmeric powder. Fry them for a while and now add the rice (which has been mixed with lemon juice already). 
  • Now add salt and mutigrain powder and mix all the ingredients on a low flame.
  • Finally garnish with coriander and serve.
* Side dish is optional.
* Tastes good with groundnut chutney and potato fry.

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