lemon rice with coconut

Boil 1 cup uncooked rice and spread it out on a plate for it to cool down before you start making lemon rice. I used 3 cups of cooked rice for this recipe.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add chana dal, split urad dal, raw peanuts, chopped green chili and curry leaves.

Add turmeric and let it fry in the oil for a few seconds. Reduce the flame to low and add the cooled rice to the mixture. Mix everything well to coat the rice well with the oil.

Add salt to taste and also 1/2 tsp of sugar just to add a little flavor. Also squeeze lemon juice from 2 lemons into the rice and mix everything well and keep covered for a few mins.

Then add the shredded coconut into the rice mixture and keep covered for 1 more minute. Then turn off the flame and garnish with cilantro and serve hot!