YELLOW RICE

Preparation of YELLOW RICE: 

Ingredients: 

•    Rice - 3 cups
•    Onion, finely chopped -  1
•     Lemon - 2
•    Ginger and garlic chopped - 200 gms
•    Coriander powder - ½ tbsp
•    Haldi powder - ½ tbsp
•     Chili powder - 1 tsp
•     Peanuts - 100 gms
•     Coriander leaves - a bunch
•     Salt to taste

For tempering:

• Chana dal  - 1 tsp
• Urad dal - 1 tsp (optional)
• Mustard seeds - 2  tsp
• Red chilies - 3
• Curry leaves  - 1 bunch

Method: 

• Heat some oil in a pan and saute the mustard seeds, Chana dal, Urad dal ,curry leaves and the red chilies
• Put onions in the oil and saute them properly.Add ginger and garlic and saute.
• Put chili powder, haldi powder, peanuts and coriander powder to the oil and let them blend with the mixture
• put some salt to taste and put the coriander leaves.
• Boil the rice separately and keep them in a plate and allow the rice to cool down.
• Put the lemon juice to the rice and then temper the mixture to the white rice.Saute carefully for 2 mins.
• Ready to serve hot.  

Tip: 

• When  you have few time ,then you can prepare it in a pressure cooker.
• Just you have to not cook the rice beforhand .
• You can fry washed rice with  the tempered mixture.then cook it in a pressure cooker with lid closed for 2 mins till it is about to whistle. 
• Simmer  down it for 15 mins.open it after gas is been released.