This is my first dish taught by my hubby...
This is the story in the early days of my marriage ............
One day mu hubby wanted to eat lemon rice.He asked me to prepare.I made it with a normal way of tampering .Then he add some more ingredients to the tampering .It gave a nice taste really....
INGREDIENTS:
RICE..........................1cup
LEMON.....................1/2 of a big one
TURMERIC POWDER1/2 tsp
SALT........................as per tatse
TAMPERING:
GRAM DAL........................1tsp
URAD DAL..........................1tsp
GARLIC...............................1 full pod
GINGER..............................medium sized(cut into small pieces)
CUMIN................................1tsp
MUSTARD...........................1/2 tsp
AJWAIN..............................1tsp
GREEN CHILLY..................3-4
RED CHILLY.........................as ur spicy tatse
CURRY LEAVES...................2stalks
HING....................................small block/pinch powder
CASHEW and GROUND NUTS...................optional
METHOD:
- Cook the rice and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan .Add garlic flakes.
- When they become golden brown add other ingredients except ajwain for tampering.If u want to add any nuts add them after garlic and after that add the other ingredients.
- When the dals change their colour add ajwain.
- When the tampering is over take off from the stove.
- Now add salt ,turmeric powder and lemon juice for the tampering.
- Mix it well and add cooked rice.Do it when the rice is hot only.
- If u want to do the lemon rice with the full rice u cooked add turmeric to the rice only while cooking.It will give u nice taste.
