Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup
Lemon - 2 medium sized
Salt - as required
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilles – 2
Oil - 1½ Tblsp
Cut ginger - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Finely cut curry leaves - 1 Tblsp

For Seasoning:

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Black gram dhal - 1 tsp
Bengal gram dhal - 1 tsp
Broken cashew nuts - 2 tsps

Method:

Cook rice and allow it to cool in a broad basin. Add turmeric powder on top of rice when it is still hot. Heat oil and fry the seasonings, add cut red chillies and fry for a minute. Pour over cooled rice with enough salt. Squeeze lemon juice and mix well by adding ginger and asafoetida. Garnish with curry leaves.

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