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This Lemon rava pulihora is very easy to make and tastes delicious.Even kids love this.This can be eaten as breakfast or lunch or dinner.It is a great picnic meal too.

Ingredients:-

Lemons - 2  (Large size )
Rice rava ( Biyyapu Rava) - 1 glass / 250 ml
Water – 2 glasses
Channa dal (bengal gram)– 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
Groundnuts - 2 tbsp
Green chillies – 10
Red chillies – 4
Curry leaves - 10
Oil – 2 tbsp
Hing (asafoetida) -a pinch
Salt to taste



Method:-

1) Usually we get Rice Rava (Biyyapu Rava) in Indian stores. Or else, wash the rice and dry it on a cloth. Grind to coarse mixture.
2) Soak the chana dal for at least 20 minutes.
3) Heat a pan add 1 tsp oil, Add 2 glasses of water (500 mi) ,salt 1/2 tsp ,1/4 tsp of turmeric.
4) When water is boiling add channa dal .
5) Stir continuously for a minute and put a lid. When it cooks completely then add rice rava. Stir it well and put a lid,Reduce flame and cook till soft. It just takes 5 mins to get cooked . . When it cooks completely switch off stove and open lid after 10 mins.
6) Cool out the cooked rice rava on a wide or big plate.
7) Mean while cut lemon and squeeze their juice in a bowl along with 1 1/2tsp of salt and keep it aside.
8) Heat oil in a pan fry ground nuts /peanuts till nice golden color remove and leave a side.Now add mustard seeds.After they splutter add cumin seeds,red chillies,slit green chillies ,curry leaves, asafoetida and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and fry for a minute.Then switch off the stove.
9) Add the seasoning and lemon juice to cooked rice rava and mix well without any lumps and lemon juice coats evenly.Mix roasted groundnuts.Adjust the salt and lemon juice if required.
10) Serve it after an hour or 2 hours.
Tasty and sour nimmakaya rava pulihora is ready to serve.
Serve with appadam or chips.

Tip:-

Pulihora tastes best after sitting for a couple of hours from the time of preparation.

Lemon Rice is very common dish in India. It is called "Nimmakaya Pulihora" in Telugu , "Nimbehannu Chitranna" in Kannada and "Yelumiccha Pazha Sadham" in Tamil .It is easy to prepare and takes less time. The key ingredient of Nimmakaya pulihora is lemon which brings sour taste.It is also distributed in temples under the name of Prasadam.. I feel that that pulihora taste more tastier than home-made.When unexpected guests come for lunch or dinner, then you can make this one along with rice as one dish.Pullihora with Aloo curry and crunchy papad tastes mmmm….. yummy.Its all time favorite of my family.

Ingredients:-

2 Cup Cooked Rice
2 Lemons
2 Tsp Chana Dal (Senaga Pappu )
2 Tsp Urad Dal (Mina Pappu)
1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds (Avalu )
1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds (Jelakara)
10 - 12 Curry Leaves (Karvepaaku )
4 Tsp Peanuts (Pallilu)
Pinch Asafoetida( Inguva)
2 teaspoons Turmeric Powder( Pasupu)
5 Green Chillies Slit Vertically
3 Dried Red Chillies
2 Tsp Oil
Salt to taste




Method:-

1. Cook rice with 4 cups water. Add 1 teaspoon of oil to the rice while cooking so that grains won’t stick.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan on medium heat.
3. Sauté fried red chillies, each cut into two, urad dal, chana dal, peanuts, cumin seeds and mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds start to crackle, then add green chillies, curry leaves. Remove from heat and add asafetida and turmeric powder.
4. Add this seasoning to cooked rice. Squeeze lime in to cooked rice.
5. Add salt and mix well very gently so that rice grains do not break.

This recipe is reaching 2 Events

1) SWC Karnataka hosted by Anisheetu

2) AFAM: Lemon hosted by Easy Crafts