Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cups rice (sona masoori)
2. 1/2 cup grated coconut
3. 2 - 4 green chillies
4. 1 tsp mustard seeds
5. 2 tbsp groundnut / peanut
6. 2 tsp urad dal
7. 2 tsp channa dal / bengal gram dal
8. 2 tsp salt (as per your taste)
9. 5 - 6 curry leaves
10. 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
11. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
12. 1 big lemon
13. 4 tbsp oil

Instructions for making chitranna or lemon rice:

1. Take 1 cup of rice in a pressure cooker and rinse. Add in required water and make 2 whistles. Please note for this type of lemon rice the rice should be cooked well but not mushy. If you wish you can add soaked green peas along with rice.
2. Parallely lets start preparing the tempering for the lemon rice. So to begin with take 1/2 cup of grated coconut, 2 green chilies and 1/2 tsp mustard seeds in a mixie jar.
3. Now dry grind it and keep it aside. We will be using it later.
4. Take 4 tbsp of oil in a large frying pan and heat it under medium flame. At first add groundnuts and fry until they start crackling.
5. When the groundnuts crackles, add in mustard seeds, gram dal and urad dal. Saute it until mustard seed splutters.
6. Add in turmeric powder and curry leaves. At this stage switch off the stove.
7. Add in ground coconut, mustard, green chili mixture and mix well.
8. Add in 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves, salt and mix well.
9. Add in lemon juice from a big juicy lemon. Remember this type of lemon rice should be more tangy.
10. Add in the cooked rice.
11. Mix carefully using a flat spatula.
12. Tasty lemon rice without onion is ready to serve. Serve it hot.

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