Simple Batani (Peas) Chitranna

Ingredients
1) Cooked Rice
2) Fresh Peas - 1 cup
3) Lemon - 1
4) Chilly - 1-2
5) Chopped Coriander - 1 tablespoon
6) Peanuts - 1 handful
7) Asafoetida (Hing) - 1 pinch
8) Mustard Seeds - 1 teaspoon
9) Channa Dal - 1 teaspoon
10) Salt to taste
11) Curry leaves - a few
12) Oil – 1 teaspoon

Method of preparation
1) Cook normal white rice and keep it aside.
2) Boil the peas with a little salt until they become tender. You could also boil the peas along with the rice in the cooker (separately).
3) Heat oil in a pan
4) Add Mustard Seeds and Hing
5) To this mixture add Peanuts and Channa Dal and fry until they become brownish.
6) Add Curry leaves and cut Chilies.
7) Drain the stock from the peas (note that this stock is very tasty and can be consumed with salt and pepper and makes a wonderful appetizer)
8) Add the peas and squeeze and entire lemon into the pan and mix well.
9) To this mixture add boiled rice and dress it up with coriander leaves.
10) Your chitranna is now ready!