LEMONY LEMON RICE WITH TANGY GRILLED TOMATO CHUTNEY AND SWEET GULABI LASSI....

Lemon rice reminds me of college days,..i remember in between classes we used to ask our batchmates what they have got from their home for lunch and lemon rice was the most frequent one,..in their tiffin,..as our hostel food was not good,..food got by our localite friends was boon for us...i prepared lemon rice for the first time,..here in singapore and enjoyed with frequently prepared grilled tomato chutney and papad.

recipe for lemon rice

ingredient

rice 300gm

oil to cook

salt to taste

one tsp each of mustard and urad seeds

juice of half lemon

half tsp of turmeric pwder

coriander leaves and curry leaves to garnish

procedure

cook rice with turmeric and salt,drain and mix lemon juice ,

for tempering

in another vessel heat half tsp of oil

add mustard seeds and once they start spluttering

add urad dal and curry leaves,

pour the contents over lemon rice.

Before serving garnish with coriander and curry leaves,..

another variation of lemon rice is to add peanuts and chanadal if u guys knw any other variation of lemon rice do share,,,.:-)

Grilled tomato chutney is frequently prepared at our home,it goes well parantha,khichdi and tehari as a side dish along with curd,salad and papad.

Ingredients for grilled tomato chutney

tomato two wash and dry and keep aside

green chilli one

garlic clove one peel and keep aside

salt to taste

few drops of mustard oil

coriander leaves to garnish

and if u want chutney to be more hot red chilli powder can be added ,i didnt add...

procedure

On a stove grill place the tomatoes and garlic cloves

keep roatating the tomatoes to avoid burning

once done remove the blackish layer of the tomatoes and keep aside

in a serving bowl mash the tomatoes along with grilled garlic,add chopped green chilli,salt and few drops of oil

before serving garnish with coriander leaves.

I TRIED LASSI WITH ROSE PETALS ,mixed curd,milk,icecubes,sugar,cardmom pod one and petals of two rose,blended in mixer and delicious GULABI LASSI WAS READY,Before serving garnish with rose petals.

LEMON RICE GOES TO EC FOR AFAM LEMON

ndWYF COLOUR EVENT

and also to SHEETAL FOR SWC KARNATAKA EVENT

STARTED BY LAKSHMI

GRILLED TOMATO CHUTNEY GOES TO SIG WHO IS HOSTING GRILL IT EVENT

STARTED BY MEETA,

TO SUNSHINEMOM FOR FOOD IN COLOUR EVENT

THEME FOR THE MONTH BEING RED AND

TO EC FOR WYF COLOUR THEME E VENT FOR COLOUR RED INGREDIENT TOMATO.

GULABI LASSI GOES TO SRILEKHA who is hosting ICECREAM AND MILKSHAKE EVENT

FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND TO EC FOR COLOUR WHITE INGREDIENT MILK FOR WYF EVENT.

MY BLOGGER FRENS HAVE PASSED ME MORE AWARDS,..THANKS FRENS WILL BE PASSING THEM SOON,..HAPPY BLOGGIN,..CEEYA SOON,..AND U GUYS MUST BE WONDERING WHTS TRICOLOUR FONT DOING IN MY POST THATS CAUSE I AM HIGH WITH INDEPENDENCE DAY FEVER ,,,ITS GONNA BE OUR 61st independence day doesnt that sound great...:-)

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL FRENS IN ADVANCE...:-) ENJOY.....