Lime Rice

• Cooked rice- 4 cup
• Onion- 1 chopped
• Red chilies- 4 or green chilies- 2 (chopped)
• Oil- 3 4 tablespoons
• Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
• Urad dhal- 1 tsp
• Channa dhal (Bengal gram)- 1 tsp
• Ground nuts (peanuts)- 3 tablespoons
• Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
• Salt
• Juice from 3 big limes or lemons
• Chopped cilantro (coriander)

Heat oil in a large pan. Add mustard seeds. When it starts to pop, add urad dhal, channa dhal & peanuts. Fry for few minutes until they get roasted. Then add onions & chilies and fry until the onions are soft. Add turmeric powder & salt and fry until the smell of turmeric vanishes. Turn off the heat and add cooked rice & cashew nuts and pour the lime juice & mix well until the rice is evenly coated.

Serves: 4