Lemon Rice

This is so delicious!  This will be a regular to be sure! You can find all kinds of version of this South Indian dish on the internet.  We are pretty pleased with this version and my adaptations.  One of my adaptations is the yellow peppers.  You probably wont find that in most of the recipes on the internet but we liked it because it upped the vegetable quotient in our meal and it looked pretty making the dish more yellow, like lemons.

Lemon Rice
If you have rice already made, this will come together super quick.

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
½ tablespoon minced ginger
½ tablespoon urad dal
1 red chili pepper
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
½ cup raw cashew nuts
some curry leaves, if you have them
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
5½ cups cooked rice
¼ teaspoon salt or more to taste
4 tablespoons lemon juice, from one large lemon
2 large yellow bell peppers
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves

Saute yellow peppers in oil until soft.add ginger, urad dal, chili pepper, mustard seeds, turmeric and curry leaves.  Cook until fragrant.  Add in cashews, salt and rice.  Add lemon juice. Stir to combine but try not to stir too much.  Heat through and just after turning off heat add in cilantro and thoroughly mix in.  Serve.