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Lemon Rice

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 250 g basmati
  • 1 piece (s) ginger, to taste
  • 1 lemon (s)
  • 1 lime (s)
  • 1 chilli pepper (s), dried
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds, brown
  • 0.25 teaspoon ¼ cumin
  • 8 curry leaves
  • 4 tablespoon cashew nuts, crushed
  • 0.5 teaspoon ½ turmeric
  • 2 tablespoon ghee, or clarified butter
Lemon Rice
Lemon Rice

Instructions

  1. Wash the rice thoroughly and cook in salted water according to the instructions. Warm places.
  2. Heat the ghee or clarified butter in the pan, stir-fry the mustard seeds, cumin, crumbled chilli and curry leaves until the mustard seeds start to crack (then crackles - no longer, otherwise it will be bitter). Add the cashews and the grated piece of ginger. Add rice and turmeric and season with salt. Finally, squeeze out the lemon and lime and stir in.
  3. Can be eaten hot or cold.
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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