Curry Rice

Ingredients:

• Rice 1 cup
• Small onions peeled - 1/4 cup
• Garlic - about 8 pieces
• Tomatoes - 2 small sized
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Cashenuts - 7 to 8
• Cloves and cinnamon for flavouring
• Red chillies - 8
• Tamarind - small sized
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Curry leaves - 1/4 cup
• Garlic - 4 pieces (fried in oil)

Method:

• Cook rice and allow it to cool.
• Separate grains properly and mix with a tsp of ghee.
• Cut small onions, garlic and tomatoes into small pieces.
• Heat oil, fry cinnamon and cloves, add garlic, onions and then tomatoes.
• Fry till tomatoes are cooked properly.
• Grind red chillies, tamarind, asafoetida,curry leaves and garlic.
• Add the ground masala and fry in a high flame till good smell comes.
• Add rice, salt and mix well.
• Serve garnished with fried cashenuts.