Lemon Rice Mix / Lemon Rice Paste

 

Ingredients

• Lemon - 2 big
• Curry leaves - few
• Dried red chilli - 3
• Green chilli- 1 or 2
• Channa Dhal - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Finely chopped ginger - 1 tsp
• Oil - 3 tbsp (preferably sesame oil).
• Turmeric powder- 1 tsp.
• Roasted Peanuts - 2 tbsp.
• Jaggery - 1/4 tsp.
• Salt - to taste.

For spice Powder

• Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
• fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp.
• Pepper corn - 1/4 tsp

  

    

Instructions:-

• In a kadai/Wok, dry roast mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and pepper corn till it turns Golden brown colour, then remove it from kadai and grind everything together like a powder.
• Heat the oil, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, channa dhal, asafoetida, ginger (Chopped), Green chilly, curry leaves and broken red chilly and sauté until the channa dal turn to light brown.
• Then add Lemon juice, turmeric, salt, cook for few minutes till the raw smell Goes off.
• Now add prepared spice powder(as needed), give a quick mix. cook until it it gets thick consistency.
• Finally add roasted peanuts and mix it well. Turn off the flame.
• Transfer the lemon rice paste into the glass jar and store it into the refrigerator for 1 week.
• You can add this paste to cooked rice and mix well. Serve hot.