Lemon Rice ( South Indian Recipe )

Ingredients:

Rice: 2 cups, cooked or leftover rice

lemon: 1 Big

Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp

Urad dal: 1 tsp

Dried red or green chillies : 2

Bengal gram : 1 tsp

Peanuts: 2 tbsp

A pinch of turmeric powder

 A pinch of asafoetida

few sprigs of curry leaves

Sesame oil: 2-3 tsp

salt to taste

Method:

If you have any left over rice,you can use it.If cooking fresh, then cook with 2 cups of water for 1 cup rice. Spread rice on a plate to cool.

Heat oil in a deep Pan and temper it with dried red chilli,mustard seed,urad dal,hing and curry leaves.Once the mustard seeds splutter.Add the peanuts and fry it.

Switch off the stove and squeeze the lemon in the same deep pan.

Now add salt and turmeric powder and mix well. Now add the rice and mix well.

Notes:

You can use any rice,but make sure that rice should not be mushy.

Instead Sesame oil you can use any odorless oil.

Always add the lemon juice once switched off the stove.

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