Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

1. Cooked Rice - 4 cups
2. Gingelly oil - 2 tbs
3. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
4. Curry leaves - 10-12
5. Split Urud dal/ split uzhunnu parippu - 1 tsp
6. Green chilli - 1
7. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
8. Hing/ Asafoetida - a pinch
9. Coriander leaves, chopped - 2 tbs
10. Dry red chilli - 2
11. Onion , slices - 1 cup
12. Lemon juice - 2-3 tbs
13. Peanuts - 2 tbs
14. Ginger , chopped - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan
2. Splutter cumin seeds
3. Add split Urud dal, peanuts, curry leaves, red dry chilli, green chilli , hing , turmeric powder and chopped ginger to it
4. Sauté for a minute and add onion slice
5. Sauté till onion is translucent and add salt and 2 tbs of lemon juice to it and mix well 
6. Add cooked rice, mix it with a fork so as not to break the rice
7. Switch off the flame and add coriander leaves and 1 tsp of lemon juice and mix well

Note:

• It is better to cook rice with salt, otherwise salt might not be uniformly distributed
• I have used kyma rice for making lemon rice, you can use any rice which isn't sticky