Lunch pack - Lemon Rice and Bioled Egg Fry

Staying all alone during weekend, kills me .Hubby got to work this Sunday (Has to be done occasionally). Every time he works on weekend, I try to prepare lunch for him and whoever joins him. First thing is he loves home food, Second they don't get proper food wherever they are heading to(they go far away from city). Since he like lemon rice over tamarind rice I used to prepare this regularly. This is the combination of my mom and athaya's(in-law) recipe. Athaya uses green chilies and roasted groundnut, Mom uses red chili without groundnut. So my recipe is with red chilies and groundnut. Confusing? lets go to recipe.

Ingredients:

• Medium size Lemon - 6
• Rice Cooked(Steamed or boiled and Drained) - 5cups
• Dry Red Chili - 3
• Groundnut - 1\2cup
• Mustard seeds - 1Tbsp
• Urad dal - 2Tbsp
• Chana Dal - 2Tbsp
• Curry leaves - 2strips
• Coriander leaves for garnish
• Salt
• Oil

Procedure:

• Cool the cooked rice by spreading in large tray.
• Squeeze in 3 lemon juices(separate the seeds) and salt to the cooked rice. Mix thoroughly.Keep it aside for 4 - 5hours.
• Heat sauce pan and add 2Tbsp of oil, once oil is heated add mustard seeds, urad dal and chana dal. Fry them in medium heat.
• Once they turn to light brown in color, add curry leaves, split red chilies and fry for 1min.
• Add the remaining 3 lemon extract and let it simmer for just 1 minute in medium heat.
• Turn off the heat and add the Lemon rice mix to the rice .
• Slowly mix in with the rice along with roasted groundnuts, taste it and add salt accordingly.
• Garnish it with Coriander leaves.

Note: Please adjust the Ingredients quantity according to our taste buds.

Boiled Egg Fry:

Ingredients:

• Hard boiled eggs - 5
• Shallot or small size onion - 1
• Garlic - 4 pods
• Chili and coriander powder mix- 2Tbsp
• salt
• Oil

Procedure:

• Hard boil the eggs and remove the shell.
• Grind together - garlic, onion, salt, chili and coriander powder with little water to thick smooth paste.
• Heat oil is a small pan and add the masala paste. In medium heat stir in for about 3mins. turn off the heat.
• Cut the eggs to half and apply the paste on each half of the eggs.
• Now heat 1Tbsp of oil in a fry pan, place the eggs on the pan in medium heat for about 3min and turn off.
• Serve it along with variety rice or roti.