Lime and Cilantro Rice

I whipped this recipe out the other day for a Cinco de Mayo party (Thanks Stacy and Steve!). It is a basmatti rice with lime and cilantro.

3 cups basmatti rice
1 onion
1 lime
1 bunch of cilantro
salt to taste
olive oil

Soak rice for 1/2 hour, drain several times till water runs clear. Cook rice in large pot with excess water (salt the water with 2-3 Tbsp of salt) till the rice is almost done. You want to be able to bit into it and have a bit of hardness still. Drain rice and wash with water. This will blanch the rice and remove the excess salt water. Slice onion, chop cilantro, cut lime in half. In pot that you cooked the rice, pour 2-3 Tbsp of olive oil and layer sliced onion so it covers the bottom of the pot. Turn on stove to med-high heat. Put half the rice into the pot and add half the cilantro and lime, add salt to taste. Mix and repeat with the remaining rice, cilantro and lime, again add a little salt to taste. Turn down the stove top to low heat and cover the pot, cook for additional 15 minutes or so. This will steam the rice to completion and create a nice fried onion crust on the bottom.

Enjoy!