By Nikita Toppo
Looking for quick and delicious lunch? Make lemon rice packed with aromatic flavours of lemon, curry leaves and mustard seeds.
1 cup cooked basmati rice, 2 tbsp oil, a pinch of asafoetida, 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1/2 cup curry leaves, 1 whole red chilli, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tbsp coriander leaves, 2 tbsp peanuts, 1 tsp urad dal, 1 tsp chana dal, 1/2 tsp ginger
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Now add asafoetida, curry leaves, ginger, red chilli, chana dal and urad dal. Sauté them well.
When the seeds begin to splutter, add peanuts, turmeric powder and rice. Mix well. Add salt and lemon juice to the rice and mix well. Serve hot.