Peanut Lemon Rice

Ingredients

• 2 cups boiled rice
• ½ cup roasted peanuts
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 2 tbsp olive oil (extra virgin)
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 medium-size onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 lime
• 2 roasted papad (Indian cracker) to garnish
• Salt to taste

Step 1

Take a bottom-heavy non-stick pan, add 2 tbsp of olive oil (extra virgin) and temper the oil by putting 1 tsp of mustard seeds. Now put chopped onion with garlic. Stir until colour changes.

Step 2

Add ½ cup of roasted peanuts to the pan and stir well with the ingredients. After 5 minutes, put 2 cups of boiled rice into the pan and mix it well with the peanuts.

Step 3

Put 1 tsp of turmeric, mix it well with the rice and the peanut in low flame. Keep mixing until all the rice grains absorb the turmeric. Add salt to taste with 1 tbsp of chopped coriander and mix the ingredients well.

Step 4

To finish the dish, pour lime juice from 1 lime, mix it and switch off the stove.