LEMON RICE

Ingredients

Boiled rice - 2 bowls
Lemon -  1/2
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Hing powder - a pinch
Urud dhal - 1/2 tsp
Bengal gram - 1/2 tsp
Ground nut - 1 tbs (optional)
Red / green chillies -6
Curry leaves - 5
Cilantro - 3 tbs
Oil - 1 1/2 tbs
Salt - as required

Method

1. Add 1/2 tbs oil in the boiled rice and mix gently.
2. Heat the remaining oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, once it pops up, add hing powder, ground nuts, bengal gram, curry leaves, urud dal, red/green chillies and finally add turmeric powder then off the stove.
3. Add lemon juice & salt into the pan and add rice too. Then mix it well. Garnish it with cilantro.
4. Lemon rice is ready now. Serve it with any thuvayal or fryums or as it is.