Recipes / South Indian

Lemon rice

Tempered leftover rice with mustard, curry leaf and turmeric.

Household recipes vary; this is a culinary overview for UK home cooks, not a certified restaurant method and not diet advice.

4 servings · Prep 10 min · Cook 15 min · Tamil Nadu / Andhra

Ingredients

  • Cooked rice
  • Mustard seeds
  • Curry leaves
  • Turmeric
  • Dried chilli
  • Hing
  • Lemon juice
  • Peanuts optional

Method

  1. Mustard tadka with chilli, curry leaf, turmeric, hing.
  2. Fold through rice and lemon juice.

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