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simple lemon rice /marudhuskitchen

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Boiled rice - 3 cups
  • Oil sesame oil - 3 tbsp +2 tbsp for rice
  • Mustard seeds/kadugu - 11/2 tsp
  • Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu - 2 tbsp
  • Bengal gram dhal/kadala paruppu - 2 tbsp
  • Some curry leaves
  • Green chillies - 2
  • red chilles - 2-3
  • Asafoetida - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 11/2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Lemon juice - 1/4 cup(
  • according to ones taste)

Instructions
 

  • After boiling rice take out in a broad vessel add sesame oil(2tbsp)and salt mix and keep ready.
  • Keep a kadai add oil and the mustard,urad and bengal gram dhal to hot oil and when seeds splutter,dhals become brown add both chillies,hing and curry leaves.
  • Add turmeric powder and mix.
  • Now add some water(2-3 tbsp)and lemon juice and salt, don't let to boil switch off add rice and mix well(check for salt and add as rice also contains salt).
  • Add roasted cashews and serve.

Notes

Usually some roasted peanuts or cashews are added during seasoning itself,but to keep it crispy I have added roasted cashews at the end.
After adding lemon juice don't boil it as it will become bitter.
I have added some water along with the lemon juice so that the mixture evenly absorbs and coats the rice evenly.