Lemon Rice
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
Basmati Rice: 2 cups( cooked in 2 cups of water and leave it cool).
- Basmati Rice: 2 cups( cooked in 2 cups of water and leave it cool).
1 Big lemon: Squeeze the juice and keep it aside.
- 1 Big lemon: Squeeze the juice and keep it aside.
For tempering:
- 2 sprigs fresh curry leaves
- 1 tsp each of mustard seeds, black gram lentils, yellow split lentils.
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 2 green chillies
- 1 inch ginger cut into very small pieces
- 1/4th cup groundnuts and cashewnuts(optional)
- 1 tbsp of sunflower oil
Method
- STEP 1Now take a saucepan and add tbsp of sunflower oil.
- STEP 2Add groundnuts, cashewnuts, mustard seeds, black gram and yellow split lentils and saute for 2 minutes.
- STEP 3As soon as the mustard seeds start spluttering, add green chillies, ginger pieces, curry leaves and saute for 1 minute
- STEP 4Now add turmeric and salt. Take the freshly squeezed lemon and pour the juice on and put a lid on the saucepan.
- STEP 5Switch off and mix this with rice. Serve hot or cold with a pickle or on its own.