Lemon Rice

Type: Break fast

Serving: 4-5 people

Preparation time: 20min

Ingredients:

Plain Rice – 2 cups

Lemon Juice – 2 spoons

Mustard seed – 1 teaspoon

Urad dal (Black gram) – 1 tablespoon

Bengal gram – 1 tablespoon

Groundnut – 2 tablespoon

Curry Leaves – 8 to 10

Onions – 2 (finely chopped)

Green Chilies – 6-8 slit

Red Chilies – 2 broken

Grated Coconut – ½ cup

Oil – 3 tablespoon

Ghee (Optional)

Fresh Coriander Leaves – 2 tablespoon

Cashew nuts – ¼ cup (Optional)

Turmeric powder – 1 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Sugar – ¼ teaspoon

Preparation method:

Preparation of plain rice : Soak 1 cup of rice for 30 minutes in water and drain it. Place the rice in the Pressure cooker, add 2 cups of water, pinch of salt, Pressure cook for 3 whistles.

Or you can put the rice in rice cooker, add pinch of salt,2 cups of water, if rice is too old add 2 1/2cup of water cook the rice.

Take a pan heat oil/ghee, add mustard seeds let it crackle, add black gram, Bengal gram, ground nuts, cashew nuts fry till they are crisp for couple of minutes.

Add green chilies, curry leaves, onion .Fry onion till it turns into light pink color then add turmeric powder, salt, sugar turn off the flame .

Add lemon juice, grated coconut, coriander leaves, rice & mix it well.

Best Serving with coconut chutney, mango pickle or chips.

Note: 1.You can avoid onion

 2. Add a tomato.

         3. Add mango of 1/4 cup in place of lemon juice.