This is one of our favorite cool-off recipe. When we do feel like our tummies need rest from spices or onion / garlic, when our brain does not seem to think of any more experiments with cooking, we turn to this one. It’s easy and ready in minutes. This one also turns out fine if you have left over rice that’s a little soft. Almost always I like to make rice ahead of time (run the pressure cooker along side making breakfast) and then minutes before eating, make it into yogurt

This post is dedicated to my friend, Swati, who likes this rice a lot. I am hoping now she’ll be able to make it easily using this recipe. Lemon rice is a very easy-peasy rice recipe. With the addition of veggies you can enhance its nutritional value as well as flavor. So, without any more intro, let’s get started … -: You’ll need :- – 2 cups rice – 3/4 cup finely chopped veggies (I added onion + broccoli + carrots + red, yellow & green peppers). For now keep all of th

I am a huge fan of recipes from Gujarat (except Gujarati sweet daal}. This one is one from the top of my top list. Whenever choti Jiji comes over to our place from Baroda, we always make it. You’ll need: 2 cups Rice 1 cup Toor daal (Tuvar daal / Arhar daal / Split pigeon pea ) 1/2 cup Chana daal (Split Bengal gram) 1/2 cup Sour yogurt (dahi) 3-4 green chillies 7-8 cloves of garlic 1 tbsp peanuts (moongfali / shengdaana) – lightly roasted to peel off skin 2 heaped tsp w