Name: Lime Rice In Kerala Style
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Rice (Basmati/any other superior white rice); 2 nos Lime (squeezed); 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 3 tbsp Ground nuts (roasted, Nilakkadala parippu); 2 nos Green chillies (sliced roundly); 1small piece Ginger (chopped); 1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder (Kayam); Coriander leaves (Few); 2 tsp Oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp Cummin seeds (Jeerakam); 1 tsp Black gram (Uzhunnu parippu); 1 tsp Bengal gram (Kadalaparippu); 2 Dry red chillies (broken); Curry leaves (As reqd)

Lime Rice In Kerala Style

A variety dish prepared by mixing white rice with lime

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Prep Time 40

Total Time 40

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 cup Rice Basmati/any other superior white rice
2 nos Lime squeezed
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
3 tbsp Ground nuts roasted, Nilakkadala parippu
2 nos Green chillies sliced roundly
1small piece Ginger chopped
1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder Kayam
Coriander leaves Few

For frying:

2 tsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Cummin seeds Jeerakam
1 tsp Black gram Uzhunnu parippu
1 tsp Bengal gram Kadalaparippu
2 Dry red chillies broken
Curry leaves As reqd

Instructions

Cook rice in sufficient water and after proper draining spread out on a white cloth.
Heat oil in a pan and crackle mustard seeds. Add cummin seeds, black gram, bengal gram, red chillies and sufficient curry leaves.
Saute in low heat and add green chillies, chopped ginger and ground nuts.
After frying for some time, add turmeric powder and cooked rice . Keep mixing and sprinkle asafoetida powder and sufficient salt.
Remove the pan from fire and add lime juice. Mix and serve.
Lime rice is ready and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Tips:- 1)Roasted ground nuts are available in shops and you can buy them.
Lime rice is recommended for long journeys due to its lasting.

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Lime Rice In Kerala Style