Lemon Rice

Whenever there are some left over rice, I always try to make different rice recipes the following day. This  afternoon I tried lemon rice and it actually was pretty simple to cook and good to taste. I am a big fan of South Indian food so this was a perfect lunch for me. :)

Lemon Rice

Rice - 1 cup

Lemon Juice - 2 tablespoons

Curry leaves - 7-8 leaves

Oil - 1 tablespoon

Split black gram skinless (dhuli urad dal) - 1 tablespoon

Split Bengal gram (chana dal) - 1 tablespoon

Peanuts - 1 tablespoon

Asafoetida - a pinch

Fenugreek Seeds (methi dana) - 1/2 teaspoon

Whole red chillies - 5-6 broken

Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Red chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Salt - to taste

Heat oil in a pan, add asafoetida, broken red chillies, black gram, bengal gram, and fenugreek seeds. Cook until the grams turn light brown.

Add peanuts and mustard seeds. When mustard seeds splutter, add curry leaves and turmeric powder. Stir fry for a minute, add cooked rice, salt and lemon juice.

Mix well and cook on low heat for 5 minutes. Serve hot.

Note: You can garnish with scraped coconut, I don't like the taste of coconut so I skipped it.