Lembu Bhat (Lemon Rice)

Ingredients :

Rice (boiled with salt added to it beforehand ) 1 cup
Butter 4 tbsp
Oil 1 tbsp
Kari patta 2 sprigs or about 8-10 leaves
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Dry red chillies broken 2
Urad dal 2 tbsp
Chana dal 1 tbsp
Capsicum (chopped fine) ½ of a big one
Turmeric powder 2 tbsp
Lemon juice 1 ½ tbsp
Nuts (almonds,pine nuts, cashewnuts) 2 tbsps (optional)

Method :

Heat a pan or kadai (a non-stick one is better).Add butter and oil (adding oil to the butter ensures that butter doesn’t get burnt). When hot add mustard seeds,kari patta and red chillies. Saute for a sec. Add the urad dal and chana dal. Saute till they turn light pink. Add capsicum and sauté till it turns soft. Add turmeric powder. Mix well. Add rice little by little and mix well. Make sure that each grain of rice gets coated with turmeric evenly. When all the rice grains are done add lemon juice mix well and serve hot after garnishing with the chopped nuts.