Onion Rice or Vengaya Sadam is an easy to make lunchbox dish that you can pack for your kids with finely chopped onions with spice powders.
When I decided to make dishes with onions as main, I had to obviously make this Onion Rice. My office cook made this the first time and all of us had liked it so much. I had to try this out on Konda, surprisingly she liked it too. Though in most dishes she picks out the onions, she somehow managed to eat this rice completely.
The taste, the easy, and everything else compliments this rice and you have one quick lunch box recipe to reckon. However, my colleague was hesitant with making this as this rice will surely call for more than a teaspoon of oil and she was so much against it. Anyway, I managed not to add so much oil as it might not be so good for Konda who will end up eating cold food.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Cooked Rice
- 1.5 cups Onions, finely chopped
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Urad Dal
- 2 tsp Chana Dal
- 2 tsp Roasted Groundnut
- Handful Curry Leaves
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Salt to taste
- 3 tsp Cooking Oil
Instructions
Wash and soak rice for 15 mins. Cook and keep it aside.
Wash and chop the onions finely.
Heat a nonstick pan with oil. Temper with mustard, Urad dal, curry leaves, chana dal, and groundnuts. Saute for a couple of mins.
Then, add the chopped onions. Saute well till the onions are done. Then add the red chili powder, turmeric powder and combine everything well. Simmer for few mins.
Finally, add the cooked rice and combine everything well.
Onion rice is ready to be served.
Notes
Since we add onions, this rice will be best only for about 4 hrs. Make sure you don't keep this out for long. You add more onions as per your choice, increase the spice as well.
Recipe
Onion Rice | Vengaya Sadam
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cooked Rice
- 1.5 cups Onions finely chopped
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Urad Dal
- 2 tsp Chana Dal
- 2 tsp Roasted Groundnut
- Handful Curry Leaves
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Salt to taste
- 3 tsp Cooking Oil
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 15 mins. Cook and keep it aside.
- Wash and chop the onions finely.
- Heat a nonstick pan with oil. Temper with mustard, Urad dal, curry leaves, chana dal, and groundnuts. Saute for a couple of mins.
- Then, add the chopped onions. Saute well till the onions are done. Then, add the red chili powder, turmeric powder and combine everything well. Simmer for few mins.
- Finally, add the cooked rice and combine everything well.
- Onion rice is ready to be served.
Notes
- Since we add onions, this rice will be best only for about 4 hrs. Make sure you don't keep this out for long.
- You add more onions as per your choice, increase the spice as well.
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Priya R says
simple and yummy onion rice i think this is a better rice recipe for any curry, love it
ANU says
simple and a quick fix….
A Kamalika Krishmy says
It should be a flavorful rice..
Devi says
Unique flavored rice! I'll def try this..
divya says
simple and easy rice...looks delicious
Saraswathi Tharagaram says
Perfect lunch box combo...delicious
Priya says
Such a flavourful rice, simply delicious.
DivyaGCP says
Simple and delicious rice.. Perfect for lunch box..
vaishali sabnani says
these sound very flavorful..a must try!!
Pink Diary says
thanks for sharing, this give me another idea the next indian food i want to try
Jayanthi says
Sometimes simple dishes is more comforting and delicious...love it.
sushma says
Yummy dish
Rajani S says
A nice, easy recipe to try. I have tried this with garlic too, that too turned out to be yummy.
vidhas says
Simple and delicious rice.
Chef Mireille says
delicious combo
Archana Potdar says
Love it.
Gitl S. Viswanath says
The instructions mention both urad dal and mustard seed, but those are not listed in the ingredient list... Fortunately, I noticed that while cooking and managed to get them into the recipe under the wire! Delicious.