Simple Lemon Rice/Elumichai Sadam

Simple Lemon Rice/Elumichai Sadam

Ingredients

Long grained Rice(Basmati preferable) - 1 cup

Water - 2 cups

Oil - 3 tea spoons

Lemon juice - 4 tea spoons

Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon

Coriander powder -1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder -1 tea spoon

Channa dhaal - 1 tea spoon

Urad dhaal - 1 tea spoon

Ginger-Garilic paste(Optional) - 1/2 tea spoon

Onion - 1/2 cup diced into fine pieces

Green chillies - 5 - slit into halves

Red Chillies(Optional) - 2 - cut into small pieces
Salt - To taste

Curry leaves - As required

Coriander leaves - As required

Procedure

1. Cook the Basmati Rice with 2 cups of water.Add 1 spoon of Oil while cooking so that the rice grains don't stick after cooking

2. Spread the cooked rice on a plate to cool down

3. Heat a Pan and add 2 spoons of Cooking oil.

4.When the Oil is hot, add the channa dhaal and Urad Dhaal to it.When the Channa dhaal turns golden brown and the raw smell goes off, add the mustard seeds and curry leaves to the oil and let them splutter.

5.Add the Chillies to the Oil and sauté them

6.Add the Onion,Ginger Garlic paste and saute well.

7.When the onion turns golden brown, add the turmeric powder and coriander powder and sauté well.

8.Now lower the stove flame or put the stove in low heat mode

9.Start adding the Rice, sprinkle salt as per taste and keep mixing the rice with the previously cooked mixture gently till it is evenly spread across the rice.

10.Now add the lemon juice evenly and mix the rice well.Cook in low flame for 5 minutes.

11.Garnish with coriander leaves on top.

Simple and tasty lemon rice is ready to be served.Adding a spoon of ghee will provide a nice aroma.

Happy eating:-)