{"id":1908,"slug":"lemon-rice","title":"Lemon Rice","description":"Lemon rice is a specialty of the South Indian coastal state of Tamil Nadu.","ingredients_raw":["4 cups cooked white rice","1 tsp mustard seeds","3 tbsp sesame oil (also called til/gingely oil or NaLEnnai)","2 tbsp split peas","2 tbsp groundnuts (peanuts)","½ tsp asafoetida (heengh/perungayum)","3–4 dry red chillies, broken into pieces","4–5 curry leaves","2 lemons, juiced, or 4 tbsp lemon concentrate","1 tsp turmeric powder","¾ tbsp salt"],"ingredients_norm":["cooked white rice","mustard seed","sesame oil","split pea","groundnut","asafoetida","dry red chili broken into piece","curry leaf","lemons juiced or tbsp lemon concentrate","turmeric powder","salt"],"steps":["Heat the oil in a pan.","Add groundnuts and split-peas, and fry until golden brown.","Add mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, and red chillies. Wait until the mustard seeds sputter.","Mix in a little salt, turmeric powder and lemon concentrate.","Let it boil and reduce.","Remove pan from stove, add to the rice, and mix well."],"categories":["Rice recipes","Recipes for curry","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using rice","Indian recipes","Boiled recipes","Side dish recipes","Recipes using asafoetida","Recipes using curry leaf","Recipes using mustard seed"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lemon_Rice","source_ref":"4615196","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Lemon_Rice&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"f38d8a17ac3ab7a0e8299fe26de77f3ec039ae929e147f6627df9accf0cd04e3","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/lemon-rice"}