Talimpu Annam (Simple Tempered Rice) - Yummy way of using left over rice

None prefer to reheat leftover rice, but sometimes in unavoidable situations like...  guests came to your house, and you cooked more rice than required, then what you do?? Don't beg your maids to take away the leftover rice!! Here I am giving you a wonderful rice recipe with excellent taste. In my childhood, my mom used to make this TEMPERED RICE(Talimpu Annam) with leftover rice. She never wasted any leftover things, she always invent new recipes from leftover things too. That inspired me a lot in making different recipes. I learnt this "Talimpu Annam" from my mother. It's a very easy and tasty rice variety...especially the crunchiness of onions, crispiness of peanuts and Tangyness of Lemon gives a delicious taste to this recipe...Usually, people love to make Chinese fried rice or masala rice with leftover rice, I am adding one more Telugu recipe to that list!! You can improvise this "Talimpu Annam" by adding veggies or any of your choice...But I love to make this in a simple way!! just onion slices, green chilli pieces, groundnuts and lemon juice and tadka ingredients are my ingredients to this recipe...Let us learn how to make "Tempered Rice" in my way.

Ingredients :
3 cups leftover rice ( or cooked  and cooled rice)
2 big size Onions, finely chopped
6 - 8 Green chillies ( I love to have a little bit spicy, you can adjust according to your spice levels)
1 big lemon
3 -4 tablespoons of Groundnuts
1 spring Curry leaves
2 tablespoons of coriander leaves, finely chopped
3 tablespoons of Oil
Salt to taste
1/2 tablespoon of turmeric powder
a pinch of Hing/ asafoetida
1 tablespoon of Chanadal
1 tablespoon of Urad dal
1/4 tablespoon of mustard seeds
1/4 tablespoon of Cumin seeds
2 Dry red chillies

Preparation :
1. Use leftover rice for this 'Tempered Rice'. First thing spread the rice on a plate add a pinch of turmeric powder, mix well and keep aside.
2. Squeeze the lemon and extract the juice from the lemon and keep 
    aside( remove the seeds from the juice).
3. Heat a pan, add oil, add ground nuts, chana dal, urad dal and fry
    for a few seconds till they turn a golden colour. Then add mustard 
    seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chillies and curry leaves, fry few seconds.
4. Now add finely chopped onion slices and green chillies until the 
    onions turn pink colour.
5. Add turmeric powder, hing and rice and the required amount of salt. Mix well. Fry for a few minuites on low flame till rice becomes hot. Then switch off the flame.
6. Transfer it into a serving bowl, add lemon juice and mix well. Check the salt levels...if required you can add more.
7. Serve it hot and enjoy the taste!!!

Hoping that You would love this recipe and give it a try!!! Please leave your comments and suggestions on my blog. Meet you all with another interesting recipe, till then bye.