Chitranna (lemon rice)

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked rice, cooled
• 2 tbsp groundnut oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp chana dal
• 1 tsp urad dal
• 2 tbsp peanuts
• 2 green chillies, slit
• 1 dried red chilli
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• A sprig of curry leaves
• A pinch of hing
• ½ tsp turmeric
• Juice of 1 large lemon
• 2 tbsp grated coconut and chopped coriander
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Spread the cooked rice on a plate to cool so the grains stay separate.
2. Heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, then fry chana dal, urad dal and peanuts until golden.
3. Add green and red chillies, ginger, curry leaves and hing, then the turmeric. Switch off the heat.
4. Add the rice and salt and mix gently.
5. Stir in lemon juice, coconut and coriander.
6. Serve at room temperature, on its own or with curd and pickle.