18 September, 2018

Capsicum lemon rice | Lemon rice |

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Very much suitable Lunch box idea ie…….. one of the oldest, authentic, simple, flavorful, colorful, healthy one pot meal, which is an all time favorite among many people is Lemon rice.

This tastes heavenly when we add the correct proportion of spiciness + sourness + salt into it !! This is a very easy and quick to make rice preparation using readily/easily available ingredients at home.

The below mentioned quantity of ingredients is sufficient to serve 3 people and you can always pair lemon rice along with some deserts/sweets

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Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml

Cooked rice – 4 cups
Lemon juice – 3 tbsp
Salt to taste

For tempering :

Oil – 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Split Bengal gram/Kadalebele – 1 tbsp
Split black gram/uddina bele – 1/2 tbsp
Groundnut – 1/3 cup
Green chilli paste – 1 tsp (adjust)
Curry leaves – 2 strings
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
Chopped capsicum – 1 cup (optional)
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Others : (Below ingredients are optional, but if used, it enhances the taste of the dish)

Almonds/Cashew nuts – 8 to 10
Pomegranate seeds – 2 tbsp
Grated fresh coconut – 1/2 cup

PROCEDURE :

Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard seeds, split bengal gram, split black gram, ground nut and saute till they become roasted

Now add in green chilli paste, curry leaves, coriander leaves, capsicum and saute till capsicum turns soft (keep it crunchy)

Now add in turmeric powder, salt and combine everything well

Turn off the heat (do not forget, otherwise lemon juice turns out bitter) and add in lemon juice followed by cooked rice and combine everything well gently