No Time for Lunch - Lemon Rice

Hii..
Remember I told you in my last post that both me n N are WFH (Work From Home) people..and I had mentioned a zillion advantages but one disadvantage is that we are never on a fixed schedule even when it comes to food..
There are days when both of us are so busy working our bums off that none of us go to the kitchen timely to cook..

So this was one of those days..it was 1 pm and we realised that there is nothing ready for lunch.. A tempting solution was to call up a Pizza guy but then it can't happen everyday..so I quickly wrack my brains to find a quick fix and I got a brainwave 'Ting'.. Lets make LEMON RICE aka Pulihora (Please correct me)..

Thankfully we have a Vegetable Store inside our building complex.. so I throw the car keys and a list towards N (Yes we are too lazy to walk down hehe) to go and get the stuff while I boil some rice.

Its a simple yet tasty recipe when you want some quick lunch.. We usually club it with some Raita and Roasted Papad..

LEMON RICE / PULIHORA AND RAITA

Lemon Rice with Raita

Makes: 3-4 servings

Ingredients:

Rice - 1.5 cup

Preparations

Peanuts - 2 tablespoons

Coconut (freshly grated/scraped) - 1 cup (Half the Medium Coconut)


Juice of 1 Big Lemon

Turmeric Powder / Haldi - 1/2 teaspoon

Sugar - 4 teaspoons

Salt - to taste

Curry Leaves - 5-6

Black Mustard Seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Dried Red Chilli - 1

Chana Daal - 1 teaspoon

Urad Daal - 1 teaspoon


Refined Oil - 4-5 teaspoons

Procedure:

1. Firstly Boil the Rice in sufficient water and Drain the excess water (Note: Don't over boil) . Keep the rice to cool slightly
2. Scrap the Coconut.

Rice and Roasted Peanuts

3. In a Kadhai take 2 teaspoons of refined Oil and saute the peanuts till brown and crispy. Mix the Peanuts with the Rice.
4. In the Same Kadhai heat some more Oil (2-3teaspoons).
5. Add the Mustard Seeds, Once they start spluttering add the Haldi, Chana Daal, Urad Daal and the Curry Leaves, Saute for a few seconds
6. Now add the Grated Coconut and Mix for 1/2 a minute
7. Mix the entire coconut mixture with the Rice.
8. Add Salt, Sugar and Lemon Juice to the Rice and Mix Well
9. Garnish with Scraped Coconut and Serve with Raita and Roasted Papad

Lemon Rice

Raita
1. Beat the Dahi/Yogurt till it looks totally smooth

Raita

2. Add Salt, Rock Salt, Sugar, Black Pepper Powder, Roasted Jeera Powder and Mix Well
3. Add finely chopped Onion, Tomato and Coriander Leaves (Dhania) and Mix. Serve Chilled.

So finally me n N got something decent to eat in a jiffy.. and then what..then back to our respective computers to finish our work...

P.S: Since we both prepared it together it was done in less than half hour otherwise it will take slightly more time.. But still a pretty quick thing to do!!

Ciao n thanks for reading!!