We had half of a cippolini onion, lots of mushrooms and rosemary left over from the bruschettas we made a few days ago,
little bit of chaaru powder left from the Vani's Miriyala Charu last week,
and SO much rice from yesterday.

So we decided to mix em all up and make a meal. So in a pan they all went, the mushrooms and onions first - sauteed in a teeny bit of oil, and seasoned with salt, cayenne pepper, chaaru powder and a teeny tiny bit of rosemary. We dropped the rice in, stirred it till it took in all the flavors, dressed it with cilantro and into our stomachs it went. Yum!

It was really good. We licked the bowl clean. I was a little apprehensive of the charu powder, but it was quite peppery and piquant and refreshingly interesting. I would eat it again and again :-)

I still have tons of rosemary left. I wonder why they can't just sell one twig instead of a whole bunch, given that it is so overpowering.

And I still have some chaaru powder left, which is okay by me. I can easily sneak it into things.