Lemon Rice

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup Rice
Salt to taste
1 tblspns of oil
A pinch of asafoetida
2 flakes garlic - crushed
2 dried red chillies
1 tblspn of split black gram (urad dal)
1 tblspn of split gram (chana dal)
1/4 cup of peanuts
1 tspn of mustard seeds
10-12 of curry leaves
3 tblspns of lemon juice
1/4 tspn of turmeric powder
1/2 onion chopped
1 tblspn of grated fresh coconut (optional)

HOW TO MAKE:

1)  Soak Rice for twenty minutes and cook rice till slightly soft. Keep the rice aside. Please note that the rice grains should be seperated with a fork and should not stick to each other.

2)    Heat oil/ghee in a shallow pan or a kadai. Add the peanuts and fry till slighlty red. Remove the peanuts and keep aside.

3)   In the same oil, add a pinch of asafoetida. Add dried red chillies broken into two, the crushed garlic flakes urad dal (black gram lentil), chana dal (bengal gram lentil). Cook until dals change colour to light brown.

4)   Add peanuts and mustard seeds. Let mustard seeds crackle, then add curry leaves.

 5)  Add chopped onions, fry till pink  & mix turmeric powder in this. Stir fry for half a minute. Add salt and lemon juice.

5) Add the cooked rice & mix well. Garnish with grated coconut.

RATING NOTES:

              DIFFICULTY LEVEL    :   EASY

              RATING  POINTS         :    9/10**

**  You can alson add a teaspoon of cumin seeds along with mustard seeds to enhance the taste of this dish.