Fried rice with lemon juice

Fried rice with lemon juice

Rice cooked  and stir fried with mixed with vegetables and lemon juice is squeezed  to make it tastier. This rice will need fewer accompaniments.  This rice can be served as a main dish or a side dish. Use long grain rice.

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                           Fried rice with lemon juice
Preparation time:30 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves:4


1. Soak 100 grams  split chickpeas in water at room temperature for 3 hrs and boil till its soft. Drain and set aside. It may take about 15 minutes on low heat.

Fried rice with lemon juice

2. In a medium sized sauce pan or wok heat  1 tbsp oil and  add boiled chickpea fry for a minute in low heat. I boil the chickpea as it will be soft after frying.

3. Add 25 grams peanuts and 25 grams cashew nuts, broken into small pieces,  and fry till its done. keep aside.

Ingredients

4. In the same pan or wok add 50 grams thinly sliced leek, 1 thinly sliced green chili, 1 thinly sliced red chili (optional) 10 curry leaves, cut into small pieces and fry for a minute. Add oil if necessary.

5. Add 50 grams coarsely chopped onion (1 medium), 150 grams thinly sliced cabbage, 70 grams carrot (julienne), and fry for about 10 minutes or till it is done. Stir frequently. When done wait till the rice is ready.

Vegetables

6. Wash 2 cups rice and add to the rice cooker. Add 4 cups of water, ½ tsp turmeric powder and 1 tsp salt.  Mix well and add one table spoon butter or ghee and switch on the cooker.

7. The rice will be ready in 25 minutes. As soon as  the rice cooker goes off, use a ladle or the ling handle of a spoon to stir the rice once. This will prevent the rice grains from sticking to each  other and forming a lump.

8. Add the rice to the vegetable fried vegetable mixture and stir fry well. Squeeze one whole lemon or to your taste and mix well. Add the fried nuts and stir.


9. Serve while the rice is hot. Serve with curry or soup or yogurt.or just by itself.

Fried rice with lemon juice is ready.
                                  

                                    

                  Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation time:30 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves:4

Ingredients
Main
2 cups rice
70 grams carrot (julienne)
150 grams cabbage
50 grams leek cut into thin slices
Others
50 grams onion (1 medium)
10 curry leaves – cut into small pieces
1 red chili – sliced into thin pieces ( optional)
1 green chili – sliced thin
25 grams cashew nuts – broken into small pieces
25 grams pea nuts
100 grams split chickpeas
2 table spoon of butter, ghee or vegetable oil.
1 teaspoon of salt
4 cups water
1 lemon. 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder.

Ingredients for Fried rice with lemon juice

Preparation

Soak the split chickpeas in water at room temperature for 3 hrs and boil till its done and set aside. It may take about 15 minutes on low heat.

Method

In a medium sized sauce pan or wok melt the butter with 1 table spoon oil and  add boiled chickpea fry for a minute in low heat. I boil the chickpea as it will be soft after frying.

Add peanut and cashew nuts and fry till its done. keep aside.

Frying chickpea, peanut and cashew nut.

In the same wok add leeks, green chili, red chili (optional) curry leaves, and fry for a minute. Add oil if necessary.

Leeks,green and red chili and curry leaves

Add onion, cabbage, carrot, and fry for about 10 minutes or till it is done. Stir frequently. When done wait till the rice is ready.

adding of onion,carrot and cabbage.

Vegetables are stir fried

Wash the rice and add to the rice cooker. Add 4 cups of water turmeric powder and salt  Mix well and add one table spoon butter or ghee and switch on the cooker.

The rice will be ready in 25 minutes. As soon as  the rice cooker goes off, use a ladle or the ling handle of a spoon to stir the rice once. This will prevent the rice grains from sticking to each  other and forming a lump.

Rice is cooked

Add the rice to the vegetable fried vegetable mixture and stir fry well. Squeeze lemon juice of one whole lemon or to your taste and mix well. Add the fried nuts and stir.

Fried rice with lemon juice is ready

 Serve while the rice is hot.
Serve with curry or soup or yogurt or just by itself.

Fried rice with lemon juice