How to make NIMMAKAYA PULIHORA / LEMON RICE

How to make NIMMAKAYA PULIHORA / LEMON RICE

SERVES : 2 ADULTS

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED :-

Rice : 1/4 kg

lemon : 2 big

salt : 2 tspns

oil : 1/2 tspn

turmeric : 1/2 tspn

FOR SEASONING :-

Oil : 1 tbspn

urad dal : 2 tspns

ground nuts / peanuts : 1/2 a handful

dry red chillies : 1

bengal gram : 1 tbspn

cumin seeds : 1/2 tspn

mustard seeds : 1/2 tspn

asafoetida / hing : sprinkle little

green chillies : 6

curry leaves : 4 strigs

PREPARATION :-

First pick ,wash and soak rice in just less than 2 glasses of water.

To this add turmeric and 1/4 tspn salt and mix well . Now add 1/2 tspn oil and mix well. Put this aside for 20 mins.

After 20 mins boil this rice either in cooker / electric rice cooker. When it is completed dont take out the lid for 10 mins. after 10 mins take the lid and cool the rice in a big bowl.

Take a small bowl and add remaining salt and squeeze lime juice on salt and keep it aside.(this step is to avoid bitter taste.)

Slit green chillies length wise .

Now heat a pan , add oil . when it is heated do seasoning by adding all the ingredients under subtitle " FOR SEASONING " one after another and switchoff stove.

By this time ur rice should get cooled.

now add lime juice to rice and mix well. Add seasoning to rice and mix well.

Put it aside for 10 mins .

Serve tasty & sour nimmakaya pulihora / lemon rice.