Lemon Rice (3–4 people)

Lemon rice, a tangy rice with lemon, mustard seeds and curry leaves — fresh and fragrant.

Ingredients

• 2 cups well-washed rice, 3 cups water
• 1 lemon
• a handful of dal, a handful of black gram
• 3 dried red chillies (split)
• ½ tsp turmeric
• mustard seeds, curry leaves

Preparation

1. In a pressure cooker, cook the rice with the water to one whistle, turn off the heat and leave.
2. Squeeze the lemon; add 1 tsp turmeric to the juice.
3. Heat the oil in a pan, add the chilli, curry leaves, mustard seeds, dal and black gram; cook 5–10 min. Add the lemon juice, a little water and salt, then turn off.
4. Mix the cooked rice into this sauce.