Lime Rice ingredients:
Cooked rice- 4 cup,
Onion- 1 chopped,
Red chilies- 4 or green chilies- 2 (chopped),
Oil- 3 4 tablespoons,
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp,
Urad dhal- 1 tsp,
Channa dhal (Bengal gram)- 1 tsp,
Ground nuts (peanuts)- 3 tablespoons,
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp,
Salt,
Juice from 3 big limes or lemons,
Chopped cilantro (coriander).
Heat oil in a large pan. Add mustard seeds. When it starts to pop, add urad dhal, channa dhal & peanuts. Fry for few minutes until they get roasted. Then add onions & chilies and fry until the onions are soft. Add turmeric powder & salt and fry until the smell of turmeric vanishes. Turn off the heat and add cooked rice & cashew nuts and pour the lime juice & mix well until the rice is evenly coated.
Vidhya L. Babu
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