Fried Brown Rice (East Indian)

• 1 cup rice
• 2 onions, finely sliced
• 3 tsp. sugar
• 2 sticks cinamon
• 2 to 3 cloves cloves
• 2 to 3 peppercorns
• 1 tsp. jeera
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3 to 4 tbsp. oil

1. Soak the rice in water for 1/2 hour.
2. In a pan heat oil and fry onion until brown; remove from pan and drain extra oil.
3. In little oil add the cinnamon, jeera, cloves and peppercorns; add the sugar and let it carmelize.
4. Add in 1/2 fried onion.
5. Wash the rice.
6. Remove the water of the washed rice and add it to the sugar and onion mixture.
7. Cook until the rice is well fried and brown.
8. Add 2 cups of water and salt, then bring to boil; lower the flame, cover the rice and cook until water is absorbed and rice is cooked.
9. Sprinkle fried onion over the rice before serving.

rice, onions, sugar, cinamon, cloves, peppercorns, jeera, salt, oil

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/5114 (may not work)