Lemon Rice Recipe or Nimmakaya Pulihora or Chitranna is one of the famous South Indian recipes.
Wash rice and cook by adding 1:2 ratio of rice and water.
Heat oil in a kadai (frying pan), add peanuts, mustard seeds, chana dal, cumin seeds, finely sliced ginger pieces.
Fry them until the dals change their colour to light brown. Add green chillies and dry red chillies.
When you find mustard seeds crackling, add curry leaves, asafoetida. Fry for 10 seconds more.
Add turmeric powder and stir well. Add this mix to cooked rice.
Once temper is cooled, add lemon extract, stir entire ingredients well. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Lemon Rice Recipe or Nimmakaya Pulihora or Chitranna Recipe is ready.