Thin variety of rice - 1 cup
Onions - 2 medium (chopped)
Salt
Lime juice - 2-3 tsp
To grind to a paste:
Mint or pudina leaves - 2 cups
Small onions - 7,8
Green chillies - 4,5
Pottukadalai (fried gram) - 2 tbsp
To temper:
Oil - 3 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Gram dhal - 2 tbsp ( soak for 1 hour & dry)
Red chillies - 2,3
To garnish:
Ghee - 1 tsp
Cashew nuts - 2 tbsp (chopped)
Cook rice so that the grains are separate.
Grind the paste & keep ready.
Heat oil, temper the given ingredients & then add onions & fry till the colour changes.
Add the paste & fry till the raw smell goes ( the colour should remain green & not turn brown)
Add the rice, salt & mix well .
Remove from the stove & add lime juice.
Garnish with cashewnuts fried in ghee.
This step is optional.