Pulihora or Chitrannam or Lemon Rice
Pulihora is a simple and easy to make rice dish where rice is combined with lime juice, green chilies, salt, and tempered with some spices and nuts.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 bowl Cooked Rice
- 3-4 tbsp Lime Juice or 2 medium size limes
- 3-4 Green chilies
- 1/4 cup Coriander leaves or a handful of coriander leaves
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 pinch Hing
- 1 tbsp Chana Dal
- 1 tbsp Urad Dal
- 2 tbsp Peanuts
- 1 tbsp Finely chopped Ginger or 1 inch Ginger
- 2 tbsp Salt or as per your taste
- 2 tbsp Oil
Instructions
- Wash the coriander and green chilies.
- In a blender, add green chilies, coriander leaves, and 1/2 spoon of salt. Pulse them once or twice to make a coarse mixture. Keep it aside.
- Squeeze the lime juice into a small bowl. Take off the seeds if any.
- Take the cooked rice in a mixing bowl, sprinkle turmeric powder, lime juice, and salt.
- Mix well so that rice is nicely coated with turmeric and salt without making the rice mushy and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan.
- Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chana dal, urad dal, and peanuts.
- When the seeds start spluttering, add finely chopped ginger and curry leaves.
- When the raw smell of ginger goes off and curry leaves turn crisp, reduce the flame to low and add the blended green chili and coriander paste.
- Sautee it for a minute until the raw smell goes off and turn off the flame.
- Add this tempering to the rice. Mix well.
- Pulihora is ready to serve. To get the nice flavors set it aside for 1-2 hrs.