Lemon rice

INGREDIENTS

• Cooked rice -2 cups
• Green chilly paste-1 tsp
• Garlic paste -1/2 tsp
• Onion,chopped - 1 medium
• Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
• Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Curry leaves - 6 to 7
• Roasted groundnuts -1/4 cup
• Lemon - 1
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Cilantro for garnishing

PREPARATION

• Place a pan on medium flame and add oil into it.
• When oil heats up, add mustard seeds.let it splutter.
• Add asafoetida and curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
• Now add chopped onion and fry till onion slightly changes its color.
• Then add all the paste and turmeric powder.Fry till raw smell goes off from the paste.
• Now add cooked rice,roasted groundnuts and salt. Mix well till all the ingredients mixes well with each other.
• Squeeze the lemon into the rice and again mix everything well.
• Cook for sometime and turn off the flame.
• Lastly garnish the lemon rice with chopped cilantro.