Name: Yellow Rice
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 Tbsp vegetable oil; 1/2 cup onion diced; 1/2 cup carrot diced; 1 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (optional); 1 clove garlic finely minced; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 1/4 tsp ground cumin; 3-4 cups leftover rice; 1/2 cup frozen peas

Recipe

Yellow Rice

Use up your leftover rice to make this delicious yellow rice, which is kid-friendly and great for packing in lunch boxes!

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Yield: 4 servings
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes

Ingredients

44 mL vegetable oil (volume measure)
118 mL onion diced (volume measure)
118 mL carrot diced (volume measure)
4.9 mL turmeric (volume measure)
2.5 mL mustard seeds (optional) (volume measure)
1 clove garlic finely minced — package or uncertain unit retained; no metric conversion
2.5 mL salt (volume measure)
1.2 mL black pepper (volume measure)
1.2 mL ground cumin (volume measure)
710–946 mL leftover rice (volume measure)
118 mL frozen peas (volume measure)

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3 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 cup onion diced
1/2 cup carrot diced
1 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp mustard seeds (optional)
1 clove garlic finely minced
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp ground cumin
3-4 cups leftover rice
1/2 cup frozen peas

Instructions

Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the onions until they are glossy, then add the carrots, turmeric, mustard seeds, and garlic and cook another minute.
Add in the rice, breaking it up with a rigid spoon or spatula.
Add in the rest of the spices, the peas, and the water. Set the heat to low and cook, covered, for 2-3 minutes.

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