Onion Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. Simple seasoned onion rice made with cooked rice, onions, spices which taste absolutely delicious in a lunch box.
Onion Rice Recipe
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 flavour from onions and the whole spices which you add here. You don’t need any side dishes to have with this. It’s a advantage right.
How to Make Onion Rice Recipe
- 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.
- In goes 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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Onion Rice | Onion Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rice cooked
- 2 sliced Onion sliced
- 2 Green Chillies cut length wise
- 4 cloves Garlic sliced
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
- 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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Onion Rice Recipe Step by Step Pictures
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Take all your ingredients |
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You also need some cooked rice.. |
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slice your onions |
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heat oil in a kadai |
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add mustard and cumin |
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add garlic |
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and curry leaves |
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now add slit green chillies |
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and saute for few seconds |
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add onions |
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and salt and turmeric |
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mix well |
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add in rice |
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and mix well |
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add lemon juice |
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and give a stir |
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Serve |
Niru
same pinch..i do the same way mostly with leftover rice...
Artù
Vero nice! I love rice and onions......nave a great week end!
Kaveri
This rice is one of the first things I learnt to make and my first choice to make when I have leftover rice from morning..
Looks yum!
Anonymous
Thank goodness some bloggers can write. Thanks for this piece of writing!!!
Sharmilee! :)
Great leftover rice idea...yum
Anzz
Looks very delicious and inviting. I am mostly a curd rice/ lemon rice person. Should try this one.
Ann
This looks delicious! I love the flavor of onions in rice and the other spices you added are amazing! Really - very nicely done!
Priya
Beautiful and flavourful rice, definitely a leftover magic.
morri
I wanted to make a different kind of rice, so I made this today. Everyone thought it was "a little weird, but nice". It was very flavourful, but my husband still wanted to have some gravy with this, so he helped me whip up your 15-minute egg curry. So tasty!