Burnt Garlic Rice

 If there's rice at home and you are bored of eating it with sambar, then this is the dish you should make. If I make this dish, then any quantity of rice in our house vanishes in minutes. The kids just love it and the adults are a fan too.

Very simple to make and very quick too. Breakfast, lunch or dinner - perfect comfort dish. Add peanuts and it gets even better. You just need 4 main ingredients - 5 if you count the peanuts.

BTW, I add peanuts to everything 😁😁.

It enhances the taste of anything and everything. You can skip if you dont like them or are allergic.

INGREDIENTS

Garlic cloves - 10 to 15 (more the better)

Cooked / Steamed Rice - 2 cups

Green Chillies (slit lengthwise) - 2

Coriander Leaves - finely chopped - 1 tbsp

Salt - as per taste

Tempering

Peanuts (optional) - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp 

Oil - 1 tbsp

METHOD

1. Steam / cook some rice with a little less water than usual. That causes the rice to have separate grains. Run a fork in the cooked rice to make it fluffy and cool down.
2. Take a pan. Add some oil.
3. When the oil is hot, add peanuts and garlic cloves to it. 
4. Let the peanuts turn color and the garlic cloves also start roasting.
5. Add mustard seeds and wait for them to sputter.
6. Add in the green chillies and stir for a few seconds.
7. Add in the steamed rice and salt and mix well.

VOILÀ !! You are done - Yes, its that easy 😉

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot / warm.