Lemon rice

This is an quick and easy receipe which you can make with left over rice.

Preparations time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 15 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

2 cups basamati rice

2 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds(jeera)

pinch asafoetida(hing)

2 tsp urad dal

6-7 green chilli

1 inch (25mm) ginger

6-7 piece curry leaves

5-6 tbsp lemon juice

Pinch of tumeric powder

salt to taste

2 tbsp Indian butter(Ghee)

For the Garnish:

Chopped corainder leaves

Method:

1. Wash and cook the rice with 4 cups of water. Cook it in pressure cooker (wait for 1-2 whistles and then switch off the gas). You can also cook it in a pan or do microwave cooking just the same way as you cook ordinary rice.Once the rice is cooked, keep it aside.

2. Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.

3. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, when they start to crackle

4. Add pinch of asafoetida, urad dal, green chilli, curry leaves and ginger. Saute for few minutes.

5. Add pinch of tumeric powder and rice and mix it well.

6. Add salt to taste and lemon juice. Mix well very gently so that the rice grains does not break.

7. Garnish with chopped corainder leaves.

8. Serve hot with chips or papad