On Ugadi, make Tarun Deepak's Lemon Rice. An ideal and easy mid-week lunch, serve it with fried or roasted papad, dahi or raita or a curry. The dish gets its crunch from lentils and peanuts ...

Ranjitham, a daily wager earning six thousand rupees a month in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district ... I also alternately prepare lemon rice, tamarind rice or curd rice without using tomatoes ...