This is one of favourite comfort food which is so simple to make and the flavours, amazing!! Coming from a place where rice is staple diet,  there are some amazing things you can do to rice to give a zing, a zang and a twist to the same white rice.

I used to love this lemon rice which is served in every auspicious functions, festivals and as prasad at temples. You tend to love those amazing flavours that gives this lemon rice occupy a special place in our hearts.

When Noel was 1 year old, I went back to work and Noel didn’t touch rice or anything Indian as he was so used to typical British food which he simply adores. I still remember when we took him to India for a cousin’s wedding, he was throwing rice all over the place as he thought it was fun and didn’t know what to do with it. That was 3 years ago and now he loves Rice as long as I don’t make it too often and he loves to have  with mango pickle which goes very well with this wholesome meal.

I made this over the weekend when I was totally drained after playing badminton for 2 hrs, didn’t have any energy to make something for the two hungry ones who were waiting patiently for me. So dished up this simple n comforting meal and I remembered Meeta asking us to think about Comfort foods so here we go I am sending it over to Meeta’s Monthly Mingle~Comfort foods.

Ingredients needed:

Basmati Rice: 2 cups( cooked in 2 cups of water and leave it cool).

1 Big lemon: Squeeze the juice and keep it aside.

For tempering:

2 sprigs fresh curry leaves

1 tsp each of mustard seeds, black gram lentils, yellow split lentils.

1 tsp turmeric

2 green chillies

1 inch ginger cut into very small pieces

1/4th cup groundnuts and cashewnuts(optional)

1 tbsp of sunflower oil

Now take a saucepan and add tbsp of sunflower oil.

Add groundnuts, cashewnuts, mustard seeds, black gram and yellow split lentils and saute for 2 minutes. As soon as the mustard seeds start spluttering, add green chillies, ginger pieces, curry leaves and saute for 1 minute. Now add turmeric and salt. Take the freshly squeezed lemon and pour the juice on and put a lid on the saucepan. Switch off and mix this with rice. Serve hot or cold with a pickle or on its own.

I am sure that there isn’t anyone who doesn’t fancy a bowl of my kind of comforting food.

A special Thank You to dearest Asha who just reminded me of JFI-Lemons and Limes happening at Coffee’s so I am sending my favourite dish over to her as well.