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Indian Lemon Rice

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 35 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 375 g rice (white lon rain rice)
  • 600 ml water
  • 0.5 teaspoon ½ turmeric
  • 2 tablespoon desiccated coconut
  • 2 tablespoon milk or coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoon cashew nuts, chopped and roasted or almonds
  • 4 curry leaves
  • 0.33 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 chilli pepper (s), green, pitted and chopped
  • 100 g clarified butter (hee)
  • 1 lemon (s)
Indian Lemon Rice
Indian Lemon Rice

Instructions

  1. Bring the rice with turmeric to the boil in the water. Cover and simmer for another 12 minutes.
  2. Pour the milk or coconut milk over the desiccated coconut and set aside.
  3. Roast the nuts, curry leaves, mustard seeds and chilli in the ghee until the mustard seeds start to pop. Stir this mixture and the coconut flakes into the rice and drizzle with the juice of a lemon. Cover and cook again for 7-8 minutes until the rice is cooked through.
  4. Season to taste and - depending on your taste - stir in the juice of the second lemon or garnish the rice with lemon wedges before serving.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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