Lemon Rice Recipe - Elumichai Sadam/Chitranna

Name: Lemon Rice Recipe - Elumichai Sadam/Chitranna
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup Rice (2 cups Cooked rice in grainy form); 1 tsp Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)); 1 tsp White Urad Dal (1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)); ¼ cup Peanut (1/4 cup Raw Peanuts (Moongphali)); 1 sprig Curry leaves (1 sprig Curry leaves roughly chopped); 1 piece Ginger (1 inch Ginger grated); 2 pieces Green Chili (2 Green Chillies finely chopped); 1 tsp Ground Turmeric (1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt taste); 1 tbsp Sesame Oil (1 tablespoon Sesame (Gingelly) Oil); 0 pieces Cilantro (Coriander (Dhania) Leaves a small bunch finely chopped)

Lemon Rice Recipe - Elumichai Sadam/Chitranna - Variety Rice (Mixed Rice/ Flavoured Rice Recipes) (Indian)

30 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the Lemon Rice Recipe (Elumichai Sadam/Chitranna), make sure you have some cooked rice ready. It helps using a day old rice as the grains will be separated out well.
2Keep the remaining ingredients handy, as this recipe will be made in a jiffy.
3Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan or kadai, add the mustard seeds, the urad dal and peanuts. Allow them to crackle and the dal and the peanuts to get roasted well until it gets a golden brown color. Do this on low to medium heat else they will get brown faster than you want them to and the peanuts will remain raw.
4Once the dal is golden brown and roasted, add the curry leaves, ginger, green chillies, turmeric powder and stir for a few seconds.
5Add the cooked rice, sprinkle some salt and give it a good stir until all the ingredients have combined well and the rice gets well coated. Turn the heat to low, cover the pan and allow the lemon rice to steam along with the seasonings for a couple of minutes.
6After a couple of minutes, squeeze the lemon juice and give the rice a good stir. Check the salt and spice levels and adjust to suit your taste.
7Turn off the heat and stir in the chopped coriander leaves and serve.
8Serve the Lemon Rice (Elumichai Sadam/Chitranna) along with papad and tomato onion raita, or plain yogurt.