LEMON RICE // NIMMAKAI PULIHORA

Lemon rice is an all time favourite of mine . My mother used to make it for me when I wanted to have it.

LEMON RICE

INGREDIENTS

Rice - 2 cups

Lemon - 4 nos

Salt - 2 tbsp

Green chillies - 10 nos

Red chillies - 10 nos

Urad dal - 1 tbsp

Chana dal - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp

Asfoetida - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 3 tbsp

Cashew nuts / Ground nuts - a hand full

Curry leaves - 10 leaves

PREPARATION

Cook rice in a rice cooker. Cut lemon into two and squeezed out the juice from them into a cup with two tbsp salt and sliced green chillies . Soak the green chillies in the salt and lemon juice mix till the rice is cooked .

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to it . Once they splutter , add chana dal , urad dal , cashew nuts , red chillies and fry till golden red. Now add asfoetida and curry leaves to it.

Transfer the rice into a container and allow it to cool once it is cooked. Spread it across uniformly in the container and add 1 tbsp oil to it . Now mix the rice well adding 1/2 tsp of turmeric .

Add the lemon jucie along with the green chillies and mix uniformly. Then transfer the popu / tadka which we kept aside into the rice and mix well . Lemon rice is ready to serve..