Elumichai
Sadham is a simple traditional South Indian Recipe to make which is full of
flavor and it is also healthy.
Ingredients needed to make Elumichia Sadham (Lemon Rice)
- Rice – 1 ½ cup
- Peanuts – ½ cup
- Lemon Juice – 3 to 4 tbsp
- Mustard seeds –
½ tsp
Urad Dal – 1 tsp - Bengal Gram – 1 tbsp
- Ginger – 1 tbsp (chopped)
- Green chilies – 2 slit
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Curry leaves – 10
- Salt to taste
- Oil
How to make lemon rice? (elumichai sadham cooking method)
Soak 1 ½ cup of rice in water for half an hour. Cook the rice with enough salt (each grain should be separate and not sticky).
In a pan add
little oil and roast the peanuts and keep them aside.
Then heat 1
tbsp of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Then add Urad
Dal, Bengal Gram, chopped ginger, and green chilies fry till the added dal
turns brown (it may take 2 minutes) on medium heat. Then add turmeric powder
and curry leaves and cook for 15 seconds.
Then add lemon
juice to the mixture allow it to boil. Once it starts boiling remove from flame
and add cooked rice to the lemon mixture. Also add the roasted peanuts to the
mixture and combine well.
Adjust salt and
lemon juice as per your need.
This is one of
the simplest as well as light dishes in South India. This recipe is suitable
for long journey as well as picnics as they make the work of the house wife
easier. This is also a healthy lunch box recipe because of the nutritive value
of ginger and turmeric.