Authentic South Indian rice recipes

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Authentic South Indian rice recipes
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Authentic South Indian rice recipes

• Introduction
• All of us have tasted different types of rice
  dishes such as Jeera rice, Veg Pulao etc. but
  authentic south Indian rice dishes are slightly
  different from what weve consumed so far. Here
  were noting down two most popular south Indian
  rice dishes Tomato rice and Lemon rice.

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Authentic South Indian rice recipes
Tomato Rice

• Tomato rice or Thakkali Sadam is one of the most
  popular rice dishes of south India. Its
  extremely easy to cook at home and you can even
  use your leftover rice from your meal to make
  fresh and delicious tomato rice.

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Ingredients to make Tomato Rice

• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• ½ tablespoon Vasant Cumin Seeds
• ¼ tablespoon Vasant Hing
• ½ tablespoon Vasant Mustard Seeds
• ½ tablespoon Chana dal
• ½ tablespoon Urad dal
• 3 green chillies
• Few curry leaves
• 1 chopped onion
• 3 chopped tomatoes
• Salt (According to taste)
• ½ tablespoon Vasant Red Chilli Powder
• ½ tablespoon Vasant Turmeric Powder
• 2 cups boiled/ cooked rice

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Method to prepare Tomato Rice

• Heat coconut oil in the pan.
• Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds in it.
• Now add Hing, curry leaves, chillies, Chana dal
  and Urad dal in it and let it cook for a while.
• Add onions and tomatoes in it. Let it cook until
  all the vegetables become mushy.
• Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and
  cooked rice in it and let it cook for 5 minutes
  on medium flame.
• When ready, serve hot with coconut chutney.

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Lemon Rice

• Lemon rice or Chitranna is also one of the most
  popular rice dishes of south India. The reason
  for its popularity is its unique sourness which
  comes through the added lemon juice in the
  recipe. It is also very easy to cook at home
  using pure Indian spices and you can also use
  leftover cooked rice from your earlier meal to
  make this delicious and authentic south Indian
  meal.

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Authentic South Indian rice recipes
Ingredients to make Lemon Rice

• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• ½ tablespoon Vasant Cumin Seeds
• ¼ tablespoon Vasant Hing
• ½ tablespoon Vasant Mustard Seeds
• ½ tablespoon mushed ginger
• 1 tablespoon whole peanuts
• ½ tablespoon Chana dal
• ½ tablespoon Urad dal
• 3 dried red chillies
• Few curry leaves
• 1 chopped onion
• Salt (According to taste)
• ½ tablespoon Vasant Red Chilli Powder
• ½ tablespoon Vasant Turmeric Powder
• 2 cups boiled/ cooked rice
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

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Method to prepare Lemon Rice

• Heat coconut oil in the pan.
• Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds in it.
• Now add Hing, mashed ginger, peanuts, curry
  leaves, chillies, Chana dal and Urad dal in it
  and let it cook for a while.
• Add onions and let it cook again.
• Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and
  cooked rice in it and let it cook for 5-7 minutes
  on medium flame.
• After everything is cooked properly, add lemon
  juice in it.
• Serve hot with coconut chutney.

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