Lemon Rice, Hedonist Style.
Not bad at all for a leftover dish
I was inspired by Hedonists post about Easy South Indian Food so I decided to make some Lemon rice according to the recipe that she had provided. Now this was quite an adventure for me because I normally never ever cook South Indian food at home. There are many reasons for this, one is simply because it is one of the cheaper meals that you can eat in Chandigarh. Another is that my past experiences have never been that good. I made some modifications to her recipe mainly because I had no peanuts and I substituted almonds which was not that bad at all. I think it would have come out equally nice without any nuts as well.
Just to be sure that I had done it right I had a chance to taste the same dish in a South Indian restaurant when I went out to dinner with a friend. It was quite the same except I had gone a bit easy on the mustard seeds. Since I have a curry leaf plant growing right in my verandah I had tossed in some of those as well. I am going to highly recommend her recipe to everyone its worth a good try. I am posting a picture of the resulting dish here.
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Good to see something for grass eaters. Try curd rice next…I am not sure if there are more varieties in this family of rice dishes.
Glad you had fun with the recipe. And I agree with Vinod; Curd rice is very nice as well.. So is tomato rice; for those who like it spicy!
@ Vinod : I do not believe for a moment that you eat grass! Oh yes I have heard of curd rice but I was hoping to try Tamarind rice before that. Lets see what happens when it happens.
@ Hedonist : Yes I did have for lunch one late afternoon. May be you should post some more recipes by popular demand eh?
Thanks! Will try. I’ll post my superhit invention of a rice recipe soon.
@ Priyank : I am looking forward to the rice recipe. I am sure hedonist will agree that when you live in Chandigarh recipes are always welcome.