Lemon Rice

By:Sreedevi Jayadev‎

Lemon rice can be tried for lunch along with spicy roasted potatoes. It is a very simple recipe. Here for making lemon rice I use basmati rice, you can use any rice of your choice or either with left over rice....

Ingredients

1. Cooked basmati rice - 3 cups
2. Lemon - 1 large
3. Mustard seeds - 1 tspn
4. Dried red chillies - 3,5 nos
5. Dry roasted peanuts - ¼ cup
6. Asafoetida - ¼ tsp
7. Turmeric powder - 1 tspn
8. Curry leaves - few springs
9. Salt - to taste
10. Seasome oil - 2 tspn

Make sure your rice is not mushy/ sticky. Grains should be separated. If the rice is hot allow it to cool. Add turmeric powder along with 1 tspn of sesame oil and mix it along with rice. In a pan add 1 tspn of oil, when hot add mustard seeds. When it starts popping add red chillies, asafetida and curry leaves. Now add this to the rice along with lemon juice. Mix well. Add salt as needed. Serve warm with some pap pad or even with roasted spicy potatoes.Lemon Rice

Lemon rice can be tried for lunch along with spicy roasted potatoes. It is a very simple recipe. Here for making lemon rice I use basmati rice, you can use any rice of your choice or either with left over rice.