Lemon Rice

Lemon Rice is my husband's favourite mixed rice variety.Try this today.

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cooking Time : 25 minutes

Servings : 2

Ingredients

Lemon - 2
Salt - To Taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Cooked Rice - 1 Cup

For Seasoning

Gingelly oil - 3 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Channadhal - 1 teaspoon

Peanuts / Cashewnuts -  A handful

Green chilli – 2

Hing - 1/2 teaspoon

Procedure

1. Cook the rice with a spoon of oil. After it cools, fork it out in a large vessel

2. Extract juice from two lemons and keep aside

3. In a heavy bottomed pan, add gingelly oil.

4. When it is hot, and mustard seeds.

5. When the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the chana dhal, peanuts/cashewnuts and hing and fry for 
a while till the dhal changes its color to red.

6. Now add the chopped green chilli and then add the turmeric powder.

7. Pour this mixture on the cooked rice and stir the rice gently to avoid smashing of rice.

8. Finally add the lemon extract and gently stir the rice.  

9. Add salt to taste

Note : Instead of green chilli, dry roast 1/2 teaspoon of methi seeds in a pan and fry 4 red chillies in oil and then grind it together to a nice powder. Add it to the seasoned ingredients and prepare the lemon rice.