Chitranna / Lemon Rice

Ingredients

1. Rice – 1 cup
2. Lemon juice – 1 tsp
3. Peanut – 2 tsp
4. Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
5. Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
6. Mustard seeds – 1tsp
7. Urad dal – 1 tsp
8. Salt – 1 tsp
9. Curry leaves – 5 to 6
10. Oil – 2 tsp
11. Red chilly – 3
12. Chopped green chilly - 2

Method

1. Cook rice such that grains remain separate
2. Grind coconut, 1 tsp of mustard seeds, turmeric powder, red chillies and salt without water
3. Mix this to cooked rice
4. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, urad dal and peanuts. When mustard seeds start spluttering, add curry leaves and green chillies
5. Pour this over the rice mix
6. Add lemon juice and mix
7. Serve hot