Easy Lemon Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 2.5 to 3 cups cooked or steamed basmati rice/chawal
• 1.5 to 2 tbsp lemon juice/nimbu ka ras or as required
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp urad dal/spilt & skinned black gram
• 1 green chili/hari mirch, chopped
• 2 dry red chilies/sookhi lal mirch
• 12-15 curry leaves/kadi patta
• a pinch of asafoetida/hing
• ½ tsp turmeric powder/haldi
• 1 tbsp cashews/kaju, halved or chopped (optional)
• ¼ cup peanuts/moongphalli (optional)
• 2 to 3 tbsp sesame oil/til ka tel (optional)
• rock salt/sendha namak or regular salt/namak as required