Lemon Rice Recipe | Easy Elumichai Sadham

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 Recipe 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 | Easy Elumichai Sadham

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

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.

Course: Main Course, Rice

Cuisine: South Indian

Servings: 2 People

Author: Priya Santhamohan

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Cooked Rice
• 1 Big Lemon
• 1" Piece Ginger
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tbsp Water
• Salt As Needed

To Temper

• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 2 tsp Channa dal
• 1 Red Chilli
• 2 Green Chilli
• 2 tbsp Peanuts
• 1/4 tsp Hing
• 2 sprig Curry Leaves
• 1 tbsp Oil

Instructions

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.

2. Then add roasted peanuts, ginger, chilli's, hing and curry leaves. Fry till golden brown but not burnt.

3. Add 1 tblsp of water, turmeric powder and salt. Give a quick stir and switch off the flame.

4. 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.

Method

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.

 
2. Then add roasted peanuts, ginger, chilli’s, hing and curry leaves. Fry till golden brown but not burnt.

3. Add 1 tblsp of water, turmeric powder and salt. Give a quick stir and switch off the flame.

4. 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.

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 Recipe.
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.

Easy Elumichai Sadham