LEMON RICE

As I already stated our Andhra is famous for rice items. I hope you enjoyed my previous rice items. On one of my friends request, today I am posting lemon rice. We can prepare it for journeys, picnics and also for children lunch box. I hope you enjoy this also.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup rice
1 lemon
2 or 3 chillies
1 small carrot (optional)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp turmeric powder
few coriander leaves (optional)
salt

TEMPERING

1/2 tbsp oil
4 pepper seeds
few peanuts
cashew nuts
1 tsp channa dal
1 tsp split urad dal
1 tsp thill (optional)
1 red chilli (optional)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4tsp sesame seeds
1/4 tsp jeera
pinch of hingh (optional)
1 curry leaf

PROCEDURE

-wash the rice and cook it with 2 cups of water either in pressure cooker or rice cooker.
-let it cool.
-now make the rice loose. Add salt. Mix well.
-take oil in a wide pan (khadai) and heat it. Add pepper seeds, peanuts, cashew, channa dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, jeera, red chilli one by one. Fry them till the urad dal turns into light yellow colour. Now add curryleaf, cut chillies and fry till the chillies turn into pale. Now add sesame seads and hingh.add turmeric powder. Add grated carrot.
-now add this to rice and mix well.
-add lemon juice as per your taste.mix well. It must be little bit sour. 
-add finely chopped coriander leaves.
-taste it. If necessary, add salt or lemon juice.
-ready to eat.

TIPS

-if you want the rice to be like biryani rice, then take 13/4 cups of water instead of 2 cups and add 1 tsp of oil.