Lemon 🍋 🍚 Flavored Rice / Chitranna

Lemon Rice 🍋 is an easy rice preparation which has an amazing taste. Fresh Lemon juice makes it slightly tangy which further enhances its taste and gives it a distinctive flavor.Lemon rice is a traditional South Indian recipe and is quite popular. It is really delicious and can be made quite quickly. 💁You can make this recipe with fresh or leftover rice.👉 Kids love this tasty and aromatic rice and the dish is a good choice for tiffin box.

💁Ingredients For Lemon Rice 🍋

2 Cup Raw Rice /Cooked Rice
3 medium size chopped onions
2 tbsp Peanuts 🥜
Few Curry Leaves
4 – 6 Green Chillies
1tbsp Mustard Seeds
1/2 tbsp Urad Dal
1/2 tbsp Chana Dal
1/2 tbsp Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Lemon Juice 🍋
2 -4 tbsp Oil
Handfull ✊ Chopped coriander leaves

💁Method

Wash and rinse 2 cup of Rice along with water. Then add them in a pressure cooker. If cooking in an open pot, add 4 cups of Water. 💁Cook the rice till you get 2 whistles then wait for it to cool down. Then gently fluff the rice with a 🍴 fork. 👉You can also use leftover rice. set them aside.

In the pan, add 3 -4 tbsp oil Mustard Seeds and let them crackle.When the Mustard Seeds start to splutter, add peanuts and cashew nuts is optional fry them for a few seconds. Add urad dal ,chana dal . Fry them till they turn golden brown. Add few curry Leaves along with finely chopped Green Chillies .Then add turmeric powder . add chopped onions fry them for a few seconds. Remove from heat . Add 2 tbsp Lemon 🍋 Juice as per ur tasty .

Add the cooked rice to the pan. Salt to taste & chopped coriander leaves. Toss the rice gently to coat them in the tempering. and mix everything together. Turn off the heat and let the rice sit rest for 5 minutes. Ready to Serve Lemon 🍚 🍋Rice.