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simple lemon rice /marudhuskitchen

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Ingredients Method Notes

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)

Method
 

  1. After boiling rice take out in a broad vessel add sesame oil(2tbsp)and salt mix and keep ready.
  2. 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.
  3. Add turmeric powder and mix.
  4. 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).
  5. 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.