Lemon Rice.

             Lemon rice is a special dish in South India,mainly Tamil Nadu.It can be made using white raw rice or Basmati rice.I used basmati rice for this recipe.Lemon rice is usually served with Raitas or salads.Here is my lemon rice recipe.

Raw rice / basmati rice - 1 cup.
Lemon juice -from 1/2 lemon.
Small onions -6-7 nos sliced.
Green chillies - 3 nos.
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.
Bengal gram - 1 tsp.
Pea nuts - 1 tsp.
Mustard seeds- 1tsp.
Dried red chillies - 4 nos.
Oil for seasoning.
Salt to taste and few coriander leaves and curry leaves.

Method :
Cook 1 cup rice in 2 cups of water with little salt. Heat oil in a pan , splutter mustard seeds and red chillies.Put pea nuts,bengal gram and fry it in medium flame. To this add sliced small onions and green chillies with few curry leaves and saute well for a minute.Take juice from half piece of lemon and mix turmeric powder in the juice.Pour lemon juice in the pan and heat well. Finally, add boiled rice and mix well with the juice.Adjust salt. Garnish with coriander leaves.Enjoy with Raita or salad.

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Parvathy Arun.