The rice dish for today is lime rice.

The featured musician today is Ravibandhu Vidyapathi, who is one of Sri Lanka’s leading percussionists as well as a classical Kandyan dancer and choreographer. He founded the dance school ‘Ravibandhu-Samanthi Narthanayanathaya’ with his wife.

I like his drum ensemble and have selected a clip from his album ‘Bahu Ranga‘ to share here.

Lime Rice

Time taken: 20 mins

Serves 2 – 3

Ingredients:

• Rice – 1 cup
• Turmeric – ½ tsp
• Lime or lemon juice – 1 or 2 tbsp
• Onion – ½, chopped
• Dried red chillies – 1 or 2, as per taste
• Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp
• Green peas – 2 tbsp, boiled
• Salt, to taste
• Sesame/ Gingelly oil – 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Boil the rice after adding turmeric and salt.
2. Once the rice is boiled and slightly cooled, add the lime juice and mix well. Keep aside to let the rice absorb the lime juice.
3. Heat a tablespoon of sesame oil in a pan and lightly fry the chopped onion, chillies and fenugreek seeds.
4. Add the lime marinated rice to the pan and stir fry for 5 mins. Add boiled green peas, if required.
5. Serve warm.

Recipe source: Raji Thillainathan.