Lemon Rice – Recipe for Leftover Rice / Lunch Box Ideas

Hai Friends .. Hope everyone is doing great…I wish you all a very very happy weekend…I am completely busy this weekend, because I have two cake orders and one cookie order in my hand. So how could I not..I will let you know the results soon..Now coming back to today’s recipe..Lemon rice is a must in our house for once a week..Somedays we even have it twice or thrice..This is  a quick and simple dish to make if you have only minutes in your hands. A awesome spiced up rice with a hint of tangy taste.

Many people skip the turmeric in this dish.. But I strongly suggest you to add it because that  gives the awesome colour which a lemon rice should have..Amma makes this along with her signature potato poriyal( which I am yet to post)…But I often like to have it with this potato roast. Lemon rice with potato is a perfect combo..But the other day I madeValuthalankai Poriyal  / Long brinjal fry with it, you can check the recipe in my other blog  here..

And this is one of my friend named eswari’s favorite dish, she can eat it all day without getting bored..I know you too will love it..So hope you try it and let me know how it came out.

Ingrediants:

Rice – 2 cups cooked

Urad dal / Ulundu – 1 tsp

Mustard seeds / Kaduku -1 tsp

Channa Dal / Kadala Paruppu – 1tsp

Dry Red Chillies – 2

Curry leaves -1 spring

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi -1tsp

Salt to taste

Lemon Juice – 2 tblspn or to taste

Oil- 2 tblspn

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds, channa dal, urad dal, dry red chillies, curry leaves and fry for 30 seconds.

Now add in salt and turmeric powder and fry for 10 seconds.

Add lemon juice in and mix well.

Immediately add cooked rice in and mix well. Stir until everything is heated through.

Serve hot or put in lunch box along with potato poriyal.

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

LeftOver Rice

Heat oil in a kadai

add mustard seeds and urad dal

add channa dal and red chillies

add curry leaves in this

now add turmeric and salt

now add lemon juice in this

mix well

immediately add cooked rice

Mix well

a close look for you

Serve

Awesome dish for busy day

I served it with brinjal fry..You can check it here