Low Budget Recipe: “Onion Fried Rice”- simple and versatile rice side dish with few ingredients can be prepared in less than 15 mins! (Recipe in the comments)

Onion Fried Rice can be easily made at home with Onion, Basmati Rice and Spices. A tangy flavor of this rice dish is because of lemon and it makes rice more tasty. It makes a great side dish and leftovers are almost as good the next day. You can even do lot of variations in this rice dish and make it comfortable meal with raita of your choice.

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Ingredients:

• Ginger & Garlic Paste (Freshly Pounded) – 1 tsp

• Oil – 1 tbsp

• Cooked & Cooled Rice/Leftover Rice – 3 cups

• Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp

• Onion (Long Slices) – 2 Medium

• Green Chilli – 4 Slit

• Curry Leaves (Finely Chopper) – 1 tbsp

• Coriander/Cilantro (Finely Chopped) – 2 tbsp

• Salt to Taste

• Turmeric/Haldi – 1 tsp

• Red Chilli Powder – 1 tsp

• Lemon/Lime Juice – 2 to 3 tsp

• Dried Red Chilli – 2 Broken

Method:

1. Heat oil in a wok/pan. Add green chillies, dried red chillie, curry leves and cumin seeds. Saute altogether for 1 min.

2. Mix sliced onions and fry continue till onion turns light brown

3. Add ginger garlic paste and suate until the raw smell goes away.

4. To add red chilli powder & turmeric/haldi and mix well.

5. Now add cooked rice, salt, and lime/lemon juice. Mix well

6. Make sure, you need to keep each and every grain of rice separate. Garnish with freshly chopped coriander and some brown onions.

Serve hot with roasted papad, pickle and raita of your choice. Enjoy!