Lemon Rice
By: Vikramaditya Jakkula
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 3:19am

Ingredients




3 cups Basmati rice
5 tablespoons Lemon juice
2 tablespoons Mustard Seeds
2 tablespoons Urad Daal
2 tablespoons Chana Daal
3 Dried Red chillies
1/2 tablespoon Turmeric Powder
1/2 cup Roasted Peanuts
12 Curry leaves
Salt to taste 	 
2 tablespoons Vegetable oil

Preparation

1 Cook rice in a rice cooker.Once the rice is cooked, keep it aside. 2 Heat oil in a deep frying pan. 3 Add dried red chillies cut into two, urad dal and chana dal. 4 Cook until dals change colour to light brown. 5 Add peanuts and mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds start to crackle, then add curry leaves. Fry for 10-15 seconds. 6 Next add turmeric powder and stir well. 7 Add cooked rice, salt and lemon juice. Mix well, but very gently so that the rice grains does not break. Serve it hot.

About


"Lemon rice is a specialty of the South Indian coastal state of Tamil Nadu." - Wikipedia
Video demo How to prepare Lemon Rice: http://showmethecurry.com/2007/10/29/lemon-rice/