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Lemon Rice Recipe | Lemon Pulihora Microwave
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Lemon Rice Recipe made in a microwave is one of the simple yellowish recipe having tangling flavor with crunchy peanuts.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4
Calories: 500 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
Measurement: 1 cup = 250 ml.
  • Rice – 1 ½ cups
  • Lemon juice – 2 tbsp.
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tbsp.
  • Peanuts – 25 gms.
  • Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
  • Dry red chilies – 2 no. broken into two pieces
  • Green chilies – 4 no. sliced into small pieces
  • Onion – 1 no.
  • Coriander leaves – ¼ cup.
  • Coconut grated – ½ cup.
  • Oil – 3 tbsp.
  • Salt – Required
For tempering:
  • Oil – 1 tbsp.
  • Bengal gram – 1 tbsp.
  • Mustard seeds – 1 pinch
  • Asafoetida – a pinch
  • Moong dal – 1 tbsp.
  • Water – 3 cups
Instructions
How to Make Lemon Rice Recipe:
  1. Wash and clean rice under the running tap.
  2. Soak rice in 3 cups of water for 30 minutes.
  3. In a microwave-safe bowl, cook rice for 18 minutes at high temperature.
  4. Take another bowl and add oil, mustard seeds, asafoetida, Bengal grams, moong dal, onion slices, green chilies, curry leaves, turmeric powder and red chilies.
  5. Mix all ingredients and cook for 2 minutes at high temperature.
  6. Add peanuts and cook further for 3 minutes.
Tip: For increased flavor add cashew and ghee while making temper.
  1. Add this tempered ingredients with rice and mix well.
  2. Add coriander leaves, coconut grate, salt, lemon juice and cook for 4 minutes on medium temperature.
  3. Lemon rice recipe tastes good when serving hot accompanied with coconut chutney or curd.