Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

Raw Rice : 3 cups
water : 5.5 cups
Salt - 1.5 tsp
Oil : 1tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Urad dal : 2 tsp
Chana dal : 2 tsp
Curry leaves : hand full
Green chillies : 8 (adjust according to your taste buds)
Red chillies : 3 full
Hing : 1/2 tsp
Methi powder : 1/2 tsp
Turmeric : 1.5 tsp
cashew/Peanuts roasted : handful (optional)
Lemon juice(fresh/bottled) : 1 cup

Method:

Wash rice 3 times. Cook rice in rice cooker by adding water.
Once the rice is done. Remove the plug and let it cool down in a wide vessel.

While rice is cooking, have the seasoning ready for the rice.

Heat oil in a pan.
Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and let it splutter.
Add urad,chana dal. Let it roast.
Add curry leaves, green, red chillies, hing, turmeric, methi powder, peanuts and salt.
Let it cook for few min until raw smell of turmeric goes.
Now, add half of the cooked rice slowly.
Add lemon juice and mix rice well.
Add rest of the rice and mix well.
Taste little and adjust salt and lemon juice if needed.