RECEIPE Lemon Rice KERALA

                                                Lemon Rice



Items required
Rice (Basmati/any other superior white rice) - 1 cup

Lime - 2 nos (squeezed)

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Ground nuts (Nilakkadala parippu) - 3 tbsp(roasted)

Green chilies - 2 nos(sliced roundly)

Ginger (chopped) - 1small piece

Asafetida powder(Kayam) - 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves - Few


For frying:
Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Cummin seeds(Jeerakam) - 1 tsp

Black gram(Uzhunnu parippu) - 1 tsp

Bengal gram(Kadalaparippu) - 1 tsp

Dry red chilies - 2(broken)

Curry leaves - As reqd



Preparation Method of Lime Rice in Kerala style .

Cook the rice in sufficient water and after proper draining spread it out on a white cloth.
Heat oil in a pan and crackle mustard seeds. Additionally add cumin seeds, black gram, Bengal gram, red chilies and curry leaves as per your requirement.
Keep the pan in low flame and add green chilies, chopped ginger and ground nuts.
After frying for some time. Add turmeric powder and cooked rice. Keep mixing and sprinkle asafetida powder and sufficient salt.
Remove the pan from flame, and add lime juice, mix carefully.
Lime rice is ready and it can be garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Lime rice is very healty for human beings and it can be taken for long journeys.