Ingredients:

• Rice – 1.5 cup
• Tomatoes – 2 medium sized chopped
• Onions – 1 big chopped
• Peas (optional)
• Green chillies slit – 20
• Rasam powder – 1.5 tsp
• Channa dal – 1/2 tsp –
• Urad Dal – 1/2 tsp –
• Mustard and Jeera seeds – 1 tsp
• Oil – 2 tsp

Method:

1. Cook the rice and cool and refrigerate for 10 mins so that each grain is separate.
2. Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard, jeera seeds and allow to splutter.
3. Now add channa dal and urad dal and add a pinch of turmeric followed by curry leaves.
4. Add chopped onions, tomatoes and green chillies.
5. After 2 mins of light frying, add salt to taste and a pinch of sugar.
6. Now when the onions and tomatoes are done, add the rasam powder and mix properly. Leave it on a low flame till the raw smell of the rasam powder is gone.
7. Now, add the cooled rice and mix properly and leave it on the cook top on a low flame for 5 mins.
8. Serve hot.

Recipe courtesy of Sandhya