Challenge #31: Egg and lemon soup

[pseudomonas]

This is a dish I class as comfort food, and it's one from my mum. My mother doesn't just make soup, she believes in it. It's one of those things she checks up on — "have you been making any soup lately?". This soup is a bit of a departure from the vegetable-based norm.

Chop half an onion finely; sweat in a little oil until translucent. Add a handful of basmati rice, and keep frying until the rice is turning translucent too.
Add vegetable stock to the pan, and simmer until the rice is cooked.
Meanwhile, beat the juice of half a lemon with an egg.
When the rice is cooked, turn off the heat, and once the soup has come off the boil, gently stir the egg-and-lemon mixture in. It should thicken the soup; there might be a few strands of omelette formed, and that's OK too.

Serves one fairly greedy pseudomonas. Don't try to make extra, it won't keep.