14 April, 2020
RED LEMON RICE/KEMPU NIMBE CHITRANNA …… lemon rice with a small twist – VIDEO
Is there any hard & fast rule that lemon rice should be of yellow color always! No I think ! So changed its color – haha.
Yes this time it is red colored lemon rice, super colorful, super yummy, little spicy and really tangy and also with the additional goodness of raw turmeric in it. You can adjust the spice level and the sourness as per taste.
You can also check some other mixed rice recipes like – capsicum lemon rice , spicy carrot rice , khichdi , Jeera rice , Ghee rice , curry leaves rice , coconut mustard rice/kayi sasive chitranna type – 1 , coconut mustard rice/kayi sasive chitranna – type 2 , temple chitranna , crushed corn lemon rice , gojjina chitranna , corn rice , raw mango rice , eerulli/onion chitranna , yellupudi chitranna , chutney chitranna , spicy Amla rice , cabbage masala rice , curd rice , gorikayi anna/cluster beans rice , broccoli-corn-beetroot rice , bread-anaar rice , raw mango methi capsicum rice , Methi lemon rice/pulao
Ingredients :
- Cooked rice – 3 cups
- lemon juice – 1&3/4 to 2 tbsp
- Dry whole red chilies – 8 nos., (big)
- Boiled water – 1 to 2 cups
- Grated fresh coconut – 1/3 to 1/2 cup
- Salt – 3/4 tsp
OTHERS :
- Oil – 1&1/2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 3/4 tsp
- Groundnut – 1/4 to 1/3 cup
- Split bengal gram – 1/2 tbsp
- Split black gram – 1 tsp
- Cashew nuts – 2 tbsp (optional)
- Green chili – 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves – tbsp
- Curry leaves – 2 to 3 strings
- Raw turmeric, grated – 1 tbsp
PROCEDURE :
- To begin with remove the seeds from the red chilies, and soak them in boiled water for 25 to 30 minutes, then drain all the water and grind the red chilies into a fine paste and set it aside
- Heat oil in a pan/kadai, add mustard seeds and groundnut, stir until the groundnut gets roasted well
- Now add bengal gram, black gram and cashew nuts, stir once, then add green chili, coriander leaves, curry leaves and raw turmeric stir again
- Put prepared red chili paste and saute everything well for a minute
- Turn off the heat and put lemon juice, cooked rice, salt and coconut and mix thoroughly and the yummy, spicy red lemon rice is ready to be served
Here I have served the red lemon rice along with Sago/sabbakki/sabudana Payasa & Lentils salad/Kosambari
