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
- Mustard tadka with chilli, curry leaf, turmeric, hing.
- Fold through rice and lemon juice.
Spices used
- Mustard seed (राई / सरसों)Shop →
- Dried curry leaf (कढ़ी पत्ता)Shop →
- Asafoetida (हींग)Shop →
- Turmeric (हल्दी)Shop →
- Dried red chilli (generic Indian) (सूखी लाल मिर्च)Shop →
