ONION RICE

Ingredients;

Finely sliced onion-3
Long grain rice [cooked with salt]- 4 cups
Finely chopped green chilli-1
Turmeric powder- half sp
Tamarind- a small lime size
Mustard seeds-1tsp
Chopped coriander- quarter cup
Curry leaves- a few
Oil-2 tbsp
Ghee- 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Fry the following spices in oil to golden brown and then powder them finely;

Coriander rice- 2 tsp, red chillies-2, Bengal gram-3 tsp, cloves-2, cinnamon-1 big piece, gram dal- 2 tsp

Procedure;

Soak the tamarind in 2 cups of water for half an hour and then extract the thick juice. Heat a pan and pour the oil and the ghee. When they become hot add the mustard seeds. When they start to splutter, add the sliced onion with the green chilli and fry well till they are transparent and slightly browned. Add the tamarind juice with the turmeric powder and enough salt and cook it until it is thickened. Add the fried powder, mix well and cook it on slow fire for a few minutes. Then add the rice with the chopped coriander and the curry leaves, mix well and cook for a few seconds.