Vegetable Lemon Rice

Ingrdients

Basmati rice -1 cup
Lemon juice from 1 lemon
Mustard Seeds 2 tsp.
Urad Daal 2 tsp.
Chana Daal 2 tsp.
Dried Red chillies 2-3
Green chillies-2
Peas-1/2 cup
Carrots(grated or cut in small cubes)-1/2 cup
Grated ginger -1tsp
Turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp.
A pinch of asafoetida
A pinch of Turmeric Roasted Peanuts 1/2 cup
Curry leaves 10 .
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp. Coriander leaves Salt to taste Cashew nuts-10 nos

Method

1. 1. Wash rice well before cooking.Cook it in pressure cooker (wait for 2-3 whistles and then switch off the gas). You can also cook it in a pan or do microwave cooking just the same way as you cook ordinary rice.Once the rice is cooked, keep it aside to cool.See that the rice is not over cooked.
2. 2. Heat oil in a deep frying pan or a kadai. Add mustard seed. When it splutters add chana dal,urad dal,red chillies,green chillies,onions,grated ginger,peanuts and cashwenut.fry well.Then add asafoetida, peas and carrots.
3. Add the cooked rice salt to taste and turmeric pdr and lemon juce.mix slowly so that the rice donot break.
4. Add 2 tsp of oil and mix it.Spinkle some coriander leaves.