Lemon rice is a dish popularly cooked on the festival of Pongal. Read the recipe given below to know how to make lemon rice.
Lemon Rice
Festivals come with lots of delicious dishes! Especially in India, the word festival is considered to be synonymous with the word delicious food. No celebration is considered complete unless and until rich food is served amongst friends, family members and relatives. Pongal is an Indian harvest festival, which is mainly celebrated in Tamil Nadu. What harvest festival goes on without delicious and mouth watering food? Similarly, on Pongal also, people prepare lots of scrumptious recipes, of which one is lemon rice. In the following lines, we have listed the recipe of lemon rice. Read on to know how to make the dish.
Lemon Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cup Basmati Rice
- 1 tsp Channa Dal
- 1 tsp Urad Dal
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida (heeng)
- 1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 2 tsp Ghee
- 2 Lemons (juice)
- Salt, to taste
Method
- Wash and clean the rice thoroughly
- Boil it in 1/4 litre water. till done
- Heat the Ghee in a separate shallow pan
- Add mustard seeds, channa dal, Urad dal, asafoetida and turmeric powder to it
- Fry lightly till it emits fragrance
- Mix well with cooked rice for flavor
- Add salt to the lemon juice and pour it over rice and mix well
- Serve hot
