Lemon Rice

Name: Lemon Rice
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 cups Uncooked rice; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; as per taste Salt; 2 tbsp Refined oil; 2 tbsp Cashew nuts; 1 tbsp Peanuts; 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds; few Curry leaves; 1 Green chilli slit; 1 tbsp Ginger paste; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 pinch Hing/ asafoetida

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Shrabani Acharya Chakraborty @cook_17755457

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Ingredients

3 servings

1.5 cupsUncooked rice
2 tbsp Lemon juice
as per tasteSalt
2 tbsp Refined oil
2 tbspCashew nuts
1 tbspPeanuts
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
fewCurry leaves
1Green chilli slit
1 tbsp Ginger paste
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 pinchHing/ asafoetida

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Steps

1

Cook the rice. The rice must be cooked fully but grainy noy mushy. Cool the rice completely and sprinkle salt, lemon juice and 1 tsp of oil evenly over the rice and mix. This helps to keep the rice firm.
2

Heat the remaining oil in a skillet and add the cashew and peanuts. When the nuts are half done add mustard seeds and allow to crackle. Then add curry leaves and green chilli. When the curry leaves become crispy add the ginger paste, turmeric powder and hing and mix well.
3

Then add the rice and give it a good mix. And cook for 10 minutes covered with a lid over low flame.
4

After 10 minutes switch off the flame and serve hot with curd and pickle.