Ingredients:
- 3 tblsp Oil (preferably Ghee)
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds(rai)
- 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds
- 2 medium red onions sliced lengthwise
- Juice of 1/2 lime
- 1 tbsp salt(according to taste)
- 3/4 tsp of Garam Masala
- Garnish of some fried golden brown red onions
- 1 tsp of red chili flakes
- 3 cups of basmati rice
- 6 cups of water
- 1 tbsp of butter
How to make Fried Onion Rice :
- Heat oil or ghee in a pan.
- Pop cumin seeds and mustard seeds in that until it gets a little toasty.
- Add the bay leaves. Now add the red onions and saute those for a 2 minutes until it becomes transluscent or even upto browned stage(optional).
- Add salt, garam masala, red chili flakes and lime juice. Let cook for another minute.
- Now add the prewashed rice and toast it a little bit for couple seconds and add the water.
- Now add 1 tbsp of butter. Bring it to a high boil and then simmer the gas and cover the pan with a lid and let cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Once rice is cooked and water is all soaked in let it sit for couple minutes for it to continue cooking in its steam for a bit.
- That strengthens the flavor. Just garnish it with fried red onions before serving it on a platter.
- Its optional to fish out the bay leaves or leave it there for presentation.