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Lemon Rice Recipe | Easy Elumichai Sadham

Posted on January 6, 2016 Category: Indian Vegetarian Rice Dishes, Main Courses, Navaratri Recipes, Pongal Recipes, Ugadi Festival Recipes, Vitamin C Food Recipes

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Lemon Rice Recipe / Easy Elumichai Sadham is a very simple variety rice next to curd rice. In Tamil Nadu cuisine, we make this Lemon Rice for Kaanum Pongal and Aadi 18 along with other variety rices.This is also known as ‘Elumichai Sadham’ in Tamil and it is an apt recipe for travel too with any pickle

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Lemon Rice Recipe

Lemon Rice Recipe | Easy Elumichai Sadham

Priya Santhamohan
Lemon Rice Recipe / Easy Elumichai Sadham is a simple variety rice. In Tamil Nadu cuisine, we make this Lemon Rice Recipe for Kaanum Pongal and Aadi 18.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Main Course, Rice
Cuisine South Indian
Servings 2 People
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Cooked Rice / சாதம்
  • 1 Big Lemon / எலுமிச்சை
  • 1" Piece Ginger / இஞ்சி
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder / மஞ்சள்தூள்
  • 1 tbsp Water / தண்ணீர்
  • Salt / உப்பு As Needed

To Temper

  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / கடுகு
  • 2 tsp Channa Dal / கடலைப்பருப்பு
  • 1 Red Chilli / வரமிளகாய்
  • 2 Green Chilli / பச்சைமிளகாய்
  • 2 tbsp Peanuts / கடலை
  • 1/4 tsp Hing / பெருங்காயம்
  • 2 sprig Curry Leaves / கருவேப்பில்லை
  • 1 tbsp Oil / எண்ணெய்

Instructions
 

  • Pressure cook the rice with water ratio of 1 : 2 for 3 whistles. Add little salt and ½ tsp of oil while cooking. Fluff up the rice with fork and cool down. Chop green chilli's, crush ginger. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and channa dal.
  • Then add roasted peanuts, ginger, chilli's, hing and curry leaves. Fry till golden brown but not burnt.
  • Add 1 tblsp of water, turmeric powder and salt. Give a quick stir and switch off the flame.
  • Now squeeze lemon juice and add it to the cooled rice. Mix well and adjust salt.
    Serve this Easy Elumichai Sadham or Lemon Rice Recipe with any vadam or potato chips.

Notes

Tips for Elumichai Sadam

  1. You can also use any one type of chilli for tempering.
  2. Adjust lemon juice and chilli's as per your taste for the Lemon Rice.
  3. You can use any rice like basmati rice, long grain rice or even leftover rice to make this easy Elumichai Sadham.
  4. Always switch off flame before adding lemon juice or else it will taste bitter and the vitamins in the lemon juice will be lost.
  5. Add turmeric powder generously for bright colour, hing and curry leaves for nice aroma.
Keyword Elumichai Sadham, Lemon Rice Recipe

Method for Lemon Rice

1. Pressure cook the rice with water ratio of 1:2 for 3 whistles. Add little salt and ½ tsp of oil while cooking. Fluff up the rice with fork and cool down. Chop green chilli’s, crush ginger. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and channa dal.
Lemon-Rice-Elumichai-Sadham-Step1
2. Then add roasted peanuts, ginger, chilli’s, hing and curry leaves. Fry till golden brown but not burnt.
Lemon-Rice-Elumichai-Sadham-Step2
3. Add 1 tbsp of water, turmeric powder and salt. Give a quick stir and switch off the flame.
Lemon-Rice-Elumichai-Sadham-Step3
4. Now squeeze lemon juice and add it to the cooled rice. Mix well and adjust salt.
Lemon-Rice-Elumichai-Sadham-Step4
Serve this Easy Elumichai Sadham with any koozh vadam or potato chips.

Easy Elumichai Sadham

Easy Elumichai Sadham

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