LEMOAN RICE

Ingredients:
Rice – 1 cup
Onion – 1 small sized
Green Chillies – 2
Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Urad dal  / White Lenthils – 1/2 tsp
Groundnuts or Peanuts- 10-15
Curry leaves – 8-10
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves / Cilantro
Coconut grated – 2 tsp
Salt
Sugar – 1/4 tsp
Lemon Juice or Nimbu Juice – 1 tsp
Oil – 3 tsp

How to Prepare:
Cook the 1 cup of Rice with 2-1/4 cup of water in a pressure cooker.
Chop the Onions and Green Chillies and keep them aside.
Remove cooked Rice from the pressure cooker; spread the Rice on a dinner plate and leave the Rice to become cool.
In the frying pan, heat Oil. Add Mustard seeds; once the seeds splutter, add Urad dal. Once the dal ingredients turn golden brown, add Groundnuts and fry for about a minute until the nuts change color.
Drop Curry leaves into the pan and fry for a minute more. Add chopped Green Chillies and fry them for a minute.
Now add chopped Onions, Turmeric powder and fry until the onions turn light golden brown. Once the Onions are done, add Salt and Sugar and mix well.
Now add cooked Rice and and mix well. Then add Lemon/Nimbu Juice, grated Coconut and mix well.
Garnish with Coriander leaves.
Lemon Rice or Chitranna is now ready to serve.