Jun 25, 2019, Updated Aug 12, 2024 This Indian lemon rice is one of those dishes which I always end up making when I want to eat something simple, refreshing and tangy. As an Indian, we eat rice every week and while plain rice is great with dal, we also make many different variations of rice and flavor it with spices (like with saffron in saffron rice and with cumin seeds in jeera rice), vegetables and much more. Other than lemon rice, tomato rice is another favorite of mine. It’s flavored with similar spices an easy quick meal. This lemon rice recipe is quite popular in South India. It has all the warm spices like curry leaves, mustard seeds and the addition of peanuts adds a nice crunch to it. It is also great to pack in lunchboxes. I am all up for Indian dishes which can be easily and quickly eaten for lunch and this lemon rice ticks all those boxes.
Let’s Make South-Indian Style Lemon Rice
For this recipe, I cooked rice first. I used 1 cup of uncooked basmati rice, but you can also start this recipe with 3 to 3&1/2 cups of leftover cooked rice. In that case, skip the steps of cooking the rice and move straight to the tempering part. With leftover rice, you can make this in 15 minutes! Although, I must mention that you don’t always need leftover rice to make this vibrant lemon rice. Sometimes, I just cook rice first and then make lemon rice from it because when the cravings hit, they need to be satisfied immediately, leftover rice or not! I typically use basmati rice to make this dish, but short grain rice will also work. Just make sure to use fresh lemon juice, no bottled up lemon juice for this recipe please. We love eating this with achaar (Indian pickle) and papadum. So good! We are in the middle of summer right now and a bowl of lemon rice on a hot day makes the perfect lunch. I suggest you try this before the bright days are over!
title: “Homemade South Indian Style Lemon Rice " ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-29” author: “Calvin Harding”
Jun 25, 2019, Updated Aug 12, 2024 This Indian lemon rice is one of those dishes which I always end up making when I want to eat something simple, refreshing and tangy. As an Indian, we eat rice every week and while plain rice is great with dal, we also make many different variations of rice and flavor it with spices (like with saffron in saffron rice and with cumin seeds in jeera rice), vegetables and much more. Other than lemon rice, tomato rice is another favorite of mine. It’s flavored with similar spices an easy quick meal. This lemon rice recipe is quite popular in South India. It has all the warm spices like curry leaves, mustard seeds and the addition of peanuts adds a nice crunch to it. It is also great to pack in lunchboxes. I am all up for Indian dishes which can be easily and quickly eaten for lunch and this lemon rice ticks all those boxes.
Let’s Make South-Indian Style Lemon Rice
For this recipe, I cooked rice first. I used 1 cup of uncooked basmati rice, but you can also start this recipe with 3 to 3&1/2 cups of leftover cooked rice. In that case, skip the steps of cooking the rice and move straight to the tempering part. With leftover rice, you can make this in 15 minutes! Although, I must mention that you don’t always need leftover rice to make this vibrant lemon rice. Sometimes, I just cook rice first and then make lemon rice from it because when the cravings hit, they need to be satisfied immediately, leftover rice or not! I typically use basmati rice to make this dish, but short grain rice will also work. Just make sure to use fresh lemon juice, no bottled up lemon juice for this recipe please. We love eating this with achaar (Indian pickle) and papadum. So good! We are in the middle of summer right now and a bowl of lemon rice on a hot day makes the perfect lunch. I suggest you try this before the bright days are over!
