Lemon rice / Lemon Satham / Tiffin box recipes / Simple lemon rice

Lemon rice is a recipe usually made for school going and office going lunch box. If you wake up late in the morning and not having any idea for packing lunch you can go for this recipe. It even tastes well with the flavour of lemon. This recipe is even easy to make.

Ingredients:

1. Lemon - 1
2. Oil  - 2 tsp
3. Bengal gram / Kadalai paruppu -2 tsp
4. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
5. Urad dhal - 1 tsp
6. Dry Chillies - 4 nos
7. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
8. Curry Leaves - For temper
9. Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
10. Asafoetida - 1 pinch
11. Cooked Rice -  as needed
    

Method:

• Squeeze lemon and remove the seeds from the extract.
• Now add turmeric powder and asafoetida to the lemon extract , mix well and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and allow mustard seeds , urad dhal and cumin seeds to temper.
• Now add Bengal gram and wait it is fried in the oil.
  
• Add Dry chillies and curry leaves.
  
• Switch off the stove and remove the pan from the stove.
• Now add the lemon extract and mix with the spoon.
• After mixing it immediately pour this to the cooked rice and mix well .
  
• Now our lemon rice is ready.