LEMON RICE

Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 10 mins    |  Serves: 1

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice	1 Cup
Lemon Juice	2 tbsp
Peanuts (Soaked in water for 15 mins)	Fistful
Green Chillies (Sliced lengthwise)	2 Nos.
Turmeric Powder	1 tsp
Salt	To taste
Split Urad Dal (Optional)	1 tsp

To temper:

Oil	1 & ½ tbsp
Mustard Seeds	1 tsp
Dry Red Chillies	2 Nos.
Curry Leaves	1 Sprig

Method:

1. Take a kadai/wok and add the ingredients mentioned in the to temper list in the order provided.
2. Add the green chillies, urad dal, peanuts and turmeric powder to the tempering and stir fry it for some time.
3. Add the cooked rice, lemon juice and salt to the mixture and mix it well.
4. Your lemon rice is ready!!! 

Notes:

• Left over rice can be used for this preparation. 
• If you are cooking the rice freshly, then allow it to cool before adding to the mixture otherwise, it would break. 

Tomato Ricebath

One of the rice dishes which is not too time consuming... fast and tasty !! This was a recipe which i tried myself for the first time when i was on marathon of cooking in the initial period of my marriage. 

Prep Time: 15 mins    |  Cook time: 30 mins    |  Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Rice	2 Cups
Tomato (Medium Sized)	8 Nos.
Onions (Medium Sized)	4 Nos (Cut into long thin pieces)
Green Peas	1 Cup
Green Chillies	2 - 3 Nos.
Ginger	1 Inch
Mustard Seeds	1 tbsp
Curry Leaves	1 Sprig
Red Chilly Powder	2 - 3 tbsp
Oil	2 - 3 tbsp
Salt	To taste
Coriander Leaves	1/4 Cup

Method:

1. Pressure cook rice and allow to cool.
2. Grind into smooth paste - tomato, green chillies and ginger and keep aside.
3. Boil the green peas and keep aside.
4. Add oil to the pan, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter. add curry leaves, onion and salt and close the pan lid. 
5. Once the onion is golden brown and soft, add the smooth paste, boiled green peas , chilli powder and little salt and allow to boil into thick paste.
6. Mix rice to the paste.
7. Decorate with coriander leaves.