Ginger Rice

A dish which I saw on a regional cookery show is worth a share, more so, since I am myself a rice lover. I could survive all my life with all types of rice dishes!

Ingredients

2 cups rice

2 onions chopped into small pieces

1 small piece of cinamon

2 marathi moggu, a spice used in many south Indian dishes

1 small spoon of mustard seeds

1 small spoon of turmeric powder

Salt to taste

Few curry leaves

Coriander for garnishing

For grinding

1/2 cup fresh grated coconut

4 green chillies

1 inch ginger

6 garlic cloves

2 tspoons of cumin seeds

10-12 curry leaves

Juice of 1 lemon

Grind all the above together into a fine paste and keep ready

Method

In a cooker take 2 table soopns of oil, add mustard seeds let them splutter add turmeric powder, the marathi moggu, cinamon, give it a stir, add the chopped onion let it turn golden brown, add the ground paste and lat it cook till it loses the raw smell, now add the rice, lemon juice, salt to taste, 4 cups of water, mix well and let it cook to two whistles. Garnish with fresh coriander, serve hot with any curry, curd, pickle of your choice.