Lemon Rice Recipe: Here’s How To Prepare It At Home

• First of all, you need to ensure you have a cup of freshly cooked rice. In case, you don't have cooked rice, you can cook them beforehand.
• Take a frying pan and heat 1 tablespoon of seasame into it.
• Once the oil gets slightly heated, fry ¼ cup of peanuts into it.
• Make sure you don't over fry them. Take out the fried peanuts and keep them aside. In the same oil, fry cashews 1 minute. While frying, you will see that the cashews turn golden.
• Take out and keep them aside.
• Once you are done frying cashews as well, add the remaining 1 tablespoon of sesame oil to the same pan. Heat it on medium flame.
• Next, add mustard seeds and let them splutter for a minute or two. Next add urad dal into the same pan and fry it until slightly golden. Keep the flame low-medium.
• Add the red chilies, chopped green chilies and curry leaves into the same pan. Sauté on low flame until chilies change their color.
• Turn off the flame add turmeric along with asafoetida. Mix well.
• Pour this tempering into the cooked rice. Next add fried cashews and peanuts as well.
• Next, add salt and lemon juice into the rice.
• Combine well to make sure everything mix well.
• Keep the bowl covered to make sure the flavours blend well.
• You can garnish with some chopped cilantro and lemon wedges.
• Serve the lemon rice with chutney.
• You can also serve the lemon rice with vegetable salad.

Notes:

• Always use non-sticky and freshly cooked rice for this recipe.
• Make sure you use good quality peanuts and cashews.
• You can also sprinkle some grated coconut for garnishing this recipe.