{"id":12538,"date":"2013-02-19T18:21:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T23:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2022-01-15T11:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:50:04","slug":"refreshing-lemon-rice-south-indian-vegetarian-comfort-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/refreshing-lemon-rice-south-indian-vegetarian-comfort-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Refreshing Lemon Rice | South Indian Vegetarian Comfort Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-rice.jpg\" alt=\"lemon-rice\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-rice.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-rice-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>South Indian comfort food&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Lately, I have been embracing bright colors. I now dare to wear bright colorful clothes, carry colorful bags, walk on colorful shoes and my latest favorite lipstick color is fuschia. Yes, \u00a0I am all about bright colors now. It&#8217;s just not me the entire fashion world is talking and wearing color. I always used to be a neutral color-loving girl and always fell for beige, cappuccino color, bronze, etc and used to frown at red, yellow, orange. Well, I am out of my comfort zone. I now feel color actually makes everyone cheerful and happy, ins&#8217;t it? Oh, talking about colors I am reminded of the colorful houses in my hometown. Last time, when I had visited my hometown, I was astonished to see all the houses painted in bright colors including my parent&#8217;s house. At first, I couldn&#8217;t help laughing at those colors, believe me my parents house now has a parrot green color. I even saw houses painted in pink, fluorescent colors, purple, orange, yellow etc. Looks more like a candy house \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, I&#8217;ve always loved to cook colorful dishes. The natural gorgeous colors of many fruits and veggies have always amazed me; the red color of pomegranate, wine red color of beetroot, intense yellow color of lemon, the list is endless. They are just stunners!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon.jpg\" alt=\"lemon\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I decided to make some colorful vegetarian dishes. One dish that flashed through my mind instantly was lemon rice which has a\u00a0marvelous\u00a0yellow color. It&#8217;s not the lemon but the turmeric powder that imparts the yellow color to the lemon rice. Also, it&#8217;s been ages since I&#8217;ve made lemon rice so I felt very enthusiastic about making lemon rice.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon rice is a South Indian vegetarian delicacy, often served for lunch along with pickle and yogurt. It&#8217;s a comfort food for many South Indians, the lemon juice imparts a slight tartness to the rice and the seasonings make the rice taste refreshing &amp; delish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-rice1.jpg\" alt=\"lemon rice\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-rice1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-rice1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-rice1-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooking Video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lemon Rice Recipe- Popular South Indian Recipe- Refreshing &amp; Comforting\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ogk-d9XS94c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe mceNonEditable\" data-rating=\"0\"> \t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemon-rice.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Lemon Rice<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Lunch<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cuisine: <span class=\"cuisine\">Indian<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cook time: <time itemprop=\"cookTime\" datetime=\"PT15M\">15 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT15M\">15 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Serves: <span class=\"yield\">4 People<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Coconut oil- 2 tbsp (or add 1 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp ghee)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Mustard seeds- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chana dal- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Urad dal- 1\/2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Dried red chilies, halved- 3<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Curry leaves- 1 sprig<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Turmeric powder-1\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lemon juice, freshly squeezed- 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lemon zest- 1 tsp (optional)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cooked Rice- 3 cups (Sona Masoori, Ponni or Basmati Rice)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- 1 1\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cilantro, chopped- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Cook the rice in boiling water over the stovetop or in a rice cooker or Instant Pot.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Drain the water if cooked in a saucepan &amp; keep it aside.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Have the freshly squeezed lemon juice ready.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place a wok or large wide pan over medium heat, add oil or both oil &amp; ghee.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add mustard seeds, let it splutter.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add chana dal &amp; urad dal, saute till they turn light golden brown.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add dried red chilies &amp; curry leaves, saute for a few seconds.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Lower the heat, add turmeric powder, saute for a couple of seconds, don&#8217;t burn it.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Immediately, add lemon juice, combine well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the cooked rice &amp; salt; combine well without any lumps, stir fry for 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add lemon zest, stir fry for 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Garnish with cilantro.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Serve lemon rice with pickle or any of your favorite veggie side dishes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.5.3251<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Indian comfort food&#8230; Lately, I have been embracing bright colors. I now dare to wear bright colorful clothes, carry colorful bags, walk on colorful shoes and my latest favorite lipstick color is fuschia. Yes, \u00a0I am all about bright colors now. It&#8217;s just not me the entire fashion world is talking and wearing color. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[710,27,22,384,939,81,23,18,30],"tags":[188,992,713],"class_list":["post-12538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-recipes","category-indian-cuisine","category-kerala-cuisine","category-lemon-by-ingredient","category-pongal-recipes","category-rice-dishes","category-rice","category-vegetarian","category-video","tag-lemon","tag-rice","tag-video-2","course-lunch","cuisine-indian-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}