Lemon rice

Ingredients:

Basmati rice - 1 cup
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt - as required
Green chillies - 4
Turmeric - 1/4 tbsp
Mustard - 1/4 tbsp
Jeera / cumin seeds - 1/4 tbsp
Chanda dal / Split Bengal gram - 1/4 tbsp
Urad dal / Split Black Gram - 1/4 tbsp
Groundnuts / Peanuts - 1/4 cup
Curry leaves - a few
Hing / Asafoetida - 1/4 tbsp
Lemon juice - 1 1/2 tbsp

Method:

1) Cook Basmati rice with 2 cups of water and keep it aside.
2) In a pan, add oil. When its hot enough, add Mustard and wait until it splutters followed by jeera, chana dal, urad dal. 
3) Add peanuts and fry until it chrisp. Now add, curry leaves, hing and green chillies. Fry until chillies are done.
4) Add turmeric and fry for around 2 mins. Turn off the heat.
5) Add this to the cooked rice and mix well.
6) To the well mixed rice, add lemon juice and salt and mix well.

Lemon rice is ready to be served.


Note:

1) Follow the below links to understand different procedures to cook Basmati rice:

Rice with excess water 
Rice Cooker 
Pan over stove
Pressure cooker

2) Cooked rice should be warm enough to mix well and for better taste.
3) Lemon juice and turmeric can be adjusted as per requirement.