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 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

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

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.

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

3. Add 1 tbsp 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 with any koozh vadam or potato chips.

Easy Elumichai Sadham