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Lemon rice Recipe

Prep Time | 30 minutes |
Cook Time | 30 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 2½ tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds
- pinch fenugreek seeds
- 1 gram tsp split chana dal also called Bengallentils
- 1 gram tsp split black also called urad dal or black lentil
- 2-3 dried red chillies left whole
- 1 tsp roundedchopped fresh ginger
- tsp ¼ground turmeric
- 4 tbsp roasted peanuts
- 10 in Curry Leaves tornhalf
- Salt to taste
- 3 tbsp Lemon juice or to taste
- 350 g freshly cooked basmati rice
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Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and add the mustard and fenugreek seeds, the chana dal, black gram and the chillies and stir fry until lightly browned.
- Add the ginger, ground turmeric, peanuts, curry leaves and salt, to taste, and cook for about 40 seconds.
- Stir in the lemon juice and cook for another minute before adding the rice. Stir fry to heat through, being careful not to break up the grains too much.
- To serve, place the rice onto serving plates.