Seasoned Onion Rice – Leftover Rice / Lunch Box Ideas

Every one is searching for ways to use leftover rice or recipes to put in lunch box for kids. If you want a simple seasoned rice which can be made less than 10 mins then who will say no to this..

This rice gets it complete flavor from onions and the whole spices which you add here..You don’t need any sidedishes to have with this. It’s a aadvantage right..

So here you go to the step by step recipe with pictures..HAPPY SUNDAY..

Ingrediants:

Rice – 2 cups cooked

Onion – 2 sliced

Green Chillies – 2 cut length wise

Garlic – 4 cloves sliced

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam -1 tsp

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1tsp

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi -1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil-1 tblspn

Lemon Juice – to taste

Method:

Heat oil in a wok or kadai.. Add mustard and cumin seeds in it and let it pop..

Add garlic and let it get fried. Now add curry leaves in it.

Throw in your green chillies along with onions and mix well.

Add turmeric  and salt and mix well. Let this cook for 5 mins until translucent and cooked.

Add the cooked rice in this and mix well. Stir everything for 5 mins so that it gets heated through.

Add lemon juice and give a final mix..

Serve hot or put in lunch box for kids..

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

You also need some cooked rice..

slice your onions

heat oil in a kadai

add mustard and cumin

add garlic

and curry leaves

now add slit green chillies

and saute for few seconds

add onions

and salt and turmeric

mix well

add in rice

and mix well

add lemon juice

and give a stir

Serve

YUMMY ONE

Perfect to put in lunch box