Lemon Rice
 
 
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Serves: 4-5
Ingredients
  • 6 cups cooked white rice (Leftovers work great too)
  • Juice of 3 lemons
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 4-5 red whole chili, dried
  • 1.5 tsp urad dal / white gram lentil
  • 8-10 curry leaves, fresh
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • Black pepper to taste
  • Pinch of asafoetida
Instructions
  1. In a big bowl, add cooked rice. To it add lemon juice and salt to taste. Mix using hands and adjust salt if needed. In a skillet, add oil. Once hot, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red whole chilies dried and white gram lentil and let it cook on med-low for 3-5 mins until cumin seeds and mustard seeds sputter and lentil gets cooked and crunchy.
  2. Take it off heat. Add chopped curry leaves, turmeric powder, black pepper and asafoetida and cook it for another minute.
  3. Add the tempering to the rice and mix using hands or wooden spoon until it gets mixed properly. Serve as it is or warm up more as and when needed.
Recipe by Naive Cook Cooks at https://www.naivecookcooks.com/lemon-rice/