Masala Rice

We had this dish at a movie party at our friend Santhan's place.Our friend Abhi made it and I was surprised to learn how easy it was to make it.

I make it often for weekday lunches.It goes well with raita and chips (baked, of course :).

Ingredients
Raw rice - 1 cup
Toor daal - 1/3 cup
peanuts - 1/2 cup (approx. a handful)
Onion - 1, finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste - 1 spoon
turmeric
Garam masala - 1 tbsp (or more if you want it to be more spicy)
(Ideally you should use kaala garam masala, but i could not find it in the indian store)
4.5 cups water

For Saute
Mustard 1 spoon
Jeera 1.5 spoons

Procedure
1. Heat oil.Add mustard, jeera, gg paste.
2. Add onions with salt and saute till onions turn golden brown.
3. Add rice and daal with water.
4. Add garam masala .
5. Cook for 3 or 4 whistles.