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Lemon rice
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Lemon rice

13 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 2-3 openrecipes
Lemon rice

This South Indian dish goes well with seafood and vegetables. Curry leaves are used frequently in this part of India. When you find a fresh bunch, put them to dry on a towel on top of the boiler, then place them in an airtight jar to use as needed.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

466
Calories
14g
Protein
15g
Fat
71g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Seed not in our table 0
Fenugreek not in our table 0
Roasted Peanut not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2½ tbsp vegetable oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • pinch fenugreek
  • 1 tsp split chana dal (also called Bengal gram lentils)
  • 1 tsp split black gram (also called urad dal or black lentil)
  • 2-3 dried red chillies, left whole
  • 1 rounded tsp chopped fresh ginger
  • ¼ tsp ground turmeric
  • 4 tbsp roasted peanuts
  • 10 curry leaves
  • , to taste salt
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 350g/12oz freshly cooked basmati rice

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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