Lemon Rice:
Serves: 2-3, Preparation time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
2 cups Cooked rice (preferably leftover rice)
2 Lemons
3-4 Green chillies
2 tbsp raw Peanuts
1/2 cup Green peas
1 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tbsp Channa dal
1 tsp Turmeric powder (haldi)
2 Dry chillies
2 tsp Ginger (grated)
Handfull of curry leaves
1 tbsp Refind oil + 1tbsp Ghee
Salt to taste
For Garnishing:
Fresh grated coconut (optional)
Fresh chopped coriander leaves
Method:
Take a large kadhai and heat oil +ghee. Fry channa dal for a minute, then add peanuts and fry them for about a minute. Add asafetida then green chillies. Throw in the curry leaves, dry red chillies and mustard seeds. When mustard seeds starts spluttering add green peas and ginger, fry for a minute. Add haldi powder stir fry for seconds and then switch off the flame.
Add little quantity of rice at a time and mix well. The mixing should be done light handedly. Add salt and lemon juice to it and toss well again. Mixing the rice should be done properly so that the spices and color should be evenly spread. Garnish lemon rice with grated coconut (optional) and coriander leaves. Serve warm lemon rice with tomato rasam.
Rasam:
Serves: 4, Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
3-4 Tomatoes (ripe)
1/2 cup Tamarind
10-12 Peppercorns
7-8 Garlic
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
Few curry leaves
Pinch of sugar
Salt to taste
For Seasoning:
2-3 Garlic (chopped)
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
2 Dry chillies
Pinch of asafetida
1tsp Ghee
For Garnishing:
Coriander leaves (chopped)
Curry leaves
Method:
Take 2 1/2 cups of water in a vessel, add tomatoes, tamarind and heat it till the outer skin of tomatoes become soft and comes out. Remove from heat and let it cool down for 5 minutes.
In a blender make a paste of garlic, cumin seeds, peppercorns, chilli and curry leaves with very little water. Now by using a strainer, take out the juice of tomato and tamarind in a saucepan. Discard the pulp. Mix the above paste in the tomato-tamarind liquid. Add salt to taste.
Heat 1 tsp ghee in a kadhai on medium flame, add ingredients for seasoning mentioned above. Once mustard seeds starts spluttering add the tomato-tamarind liquid and cook it for few minutes. Switch off the flame when it is frothy. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and fe curry leaves. Hot and spicy tomato rasam is ready to be served with lemon rice.
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wow what a beautiful visual treat ...its mouth watreing..yummy ..congrats dear for these wonderful awards
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Congratulations on the awards.Lemon rice and tomato rasam look delicious.Beautiful decoration.
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Congrats on your awards dear..wishing you many more..
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Both looks delicious and congrats on your awards.
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Congrats on your awards Deepa. Lemon rice and rasam looks delicious. Nice presentation too.
ReplyDeleteWowwwwwww... looks soo tempting and beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your well deserved awards deepa, and both the dishes are my fav, easy and yummy one...
ReplyDeleteCongratulation Deepa. I always feel that the road side vendors often beat the taste of even big restaurants!
ReplyDeleteI love the color of your rice plate.It looks well done and sooo fresh with ginger and curry leaves.And the rasam is soo tempting.I was looking for a rasam recipe for long...guess found one :)
congrats on the award dear ... never added ginger to the lemon rice .. i can just smell the goodness of this rice here ... wonderful click and awesome presentation of tomato rasam
ReplyDeleteCongrats Deepa!
ReplyDeleteliked both the tangy delicacies!
One of my favorite variety rice. Looks so good. I'm craving from some tangy food now..
ReplyDeleteCongrats on ur award Deepa!!Love d simple lemon rice n d spicy n tangy rasam!!D rasam is ideal on a cold rainy day...
ReplyDeletelovely and tempting lemon rice and delicious mouth watering rasam.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Deepa. Lovely presentation and I like both tangy recipes.
ReplyDeleteHamsamalini chandrasekaran
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Congrats deepa..wishing u may more to come..both lemon rice & rasam are my fav..looks , looks very fabulous!
ReplyDeleteCongrats dear on ur awards. Great combo looks really tasty. These are my favorite too..
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Congrats on ur awards...Lemon rice is my fav..urs looks so delicious and with tomato rasam...yummy!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on ur awards Deepa, lemon rice and tomato rasam both are my favourites..droolworthy clicks..
ReplyDeleteCongrats dear on ur awards...Great combo looks really yummy and delicious...
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ReplyDeleteLemon Rice and Rasam look absolutely delicious..You made me soo hungry !!
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Congratulations Deepa ! Lemon rice is our fav and I would love some rasam right away..it's cough n cold time for my family
ReplyDeleteHi Deepa!!! Never had lemon rice b4...seriously tempting! No comments on the rasam, it's my all-time fav..so pass me both! hehehe ;)
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Congratz on the awards...U deserved them well. ;)
Aha! What a meal! I'd gobble the rice and drink up the rasam!
ReplyDeletethat is a pleasant looking rice....rasam combination is simply cool
ReplyDeletewow what a beautiful visual treat ...its mouth watering..yummy ..congrats dear for these wonderful awards
ReplyDeleteDeepa prothome congrats boli. Kokhono rasam banayee ni kintu tomar recipe pore bhabchi sheet to esayee gelo, banabo. rice aar rasam delicious dekhte lagche.
ReplyDeleteThe rice looks delicious...! I am sure it would also go well with Indian curries (I love Indian curries :)!)
ReplyDeleteRecipes looks superb n perfect deepa...awesome clicks ...sounds divine...
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hey Congrats buddy on your awards...lemon rice looks superb..great presentation...rasam looks inviting..!
ReplyDeleteHeartiest congratulations to you for all your awards. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteLemon rice is my favourite. Rasam er shathe lemon rice darun combination. Khub sundor hoyechhe.
lemon rice and rassam! what a perfect comfort meal. love the first pic.
ReplyDeletelemon rice and rasam looks grt..n congrats on ur awards...keep going on...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Deepa!
ReplyDeleteBoth lemon rice and the rasam looks so mouthwatering. A delicious n tangy meal.
Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteBoth the recipes are my favs
Rasam looks so nice.. I can have a glass just like that, any time.. Lemon rice is my hubbys fav.. He likes it a lot.. Nice pics
ReplyDeleteboth the dishes look perfect and gr8 deepa....luved ur rasam presentation !congrats for ur awards...u deserve many more ..
ReplyDeletebookmarked.will be making it soon
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