Lemon Rice

Lemon Rice

Ingredients

Lemon juice 6 tablespoons

Rice 3 cups (soaked)

Salt    (to taste)

Red chilies 1 tablespoon

Chicken powder 2 tablespoon

Cooking Oil or ghee ½ cup

Roasted Peanuts 1 cup

Mustard seeds 2 teaspoon

Curry leaves 20

Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon

Coconut powder 4 tablespoons (dissolved in ½  cup of water)

Coriander leaves ½ cups (chopped)

Mint leaves ¼ cup (chopped)

Ginger garlic paste 2 tablespoon

Lemon slices for garnishing

Method

Boil the rice in four cups of boiling water until almost done, drain water and keep aside. Heat the oil or ghee in a wok, and Add ginger and garlic paste, mustard seeds, red chilies powder, one cup of peanuts add mustard seeds when mustard seed splutter, add the curry leaves and turmeric powder, and add chicken powder and stir-fry for 2 minutes, and add the coconut powder (dissolved in ½ cup water) then the cooked rice, and add lemon juice. Mix well, cover and cook on low flame for about 5-7 minutes. Garnish with chopped coriander, chopped mint and lemon slice and serve.