Recipe: Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

• Lime – 1, cut in half.
• Green Chili – 1, cut.
• Mustard seeds – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Urad dal – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Chana dal – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Asafoetida (हींग) – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Peanuts – 3 teaspoons.
• Rice – 2 cups.
• Turmeric – a pinch.
• Coriander leaves (cilantro) – a couple of sprigs, cut.

Ingredients.

Method:

• Pressure cook the rice in 4 cups of water.
• Squeeze the lime halves and collect the juice.
• In 3 teaspoons vegetable oil, fry the mustard seeds and cumin till they pop.
• To the same oil, add asafoetida, urad dal, chana dal, peanuts and cut green chili and fry till the dals turn light brown.
• Add this mixture to the rice with a pinch of turmeric and mix well, till the rice turns yellow.
• Finally, add the lime juice to the rice and mix well.
• Garnish with cut coriander leaves.

Lemon rice.