Lemon Rice (Chitranna)

Name: Lemon Rice (Chitranna)
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian (South Indian)
Ingredients: 200 g rice; 350 ml water; ¼ tsp salt; 30 ml lemon juice; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp urad dal; 2 pc dried red chilli; 1 pc green chilli; 15 pc curry leaves; ⅛ tsp asafoetida; ½ tsp turmeric powder; 12 pc cashews; 20 g peanuts; 45 ml sesame oil

Tangy South Indian lemon rice flavoured with toasted nuts and aromatic tempering spices.

25 min 460 kcal/serving serves 3

460kcal9gprotein61gcarbs20gfat

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🍚rice

💧water

🧂salt

🍋lemon juice

🌭mustard seeds

🥣urad dal

🌶️dried red chilli

🌶️green chilli

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About Dassana Amit

Indian vegetarian home cook and founder of Veg Recipes of India

Dassana Amit is an Indian home cook and food writer best known as the founder of Veg Recipes of India, one of the most widely used vegetarian recipe websites for Indian home cooking. The site has built a large following for its thorough, step-by-step approach to regional and pan-Indian vegetarian dishes.

Her recipes focus on everyday vegetarian Indian cooking, including dals, curries, rice dishes, and North Indian staples, built around layered spice blends like garam masala and tempered tadkas. Recipes are generally written for home cooks rather than restaurant technique, with detailed step-by-step photographs and precise measurements that prioritise reliability over shortcuts.

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