Methi Rice

Ingredients :

Basmathi rice -- 1 cup [ wash and soak in water for 1/2 hr which makes the grain long after cooking]

Water -- 1 1/2 cup

Methi leaves -- 1 bunch [neatly chopped and washed ,add salt and sugar and keep aside for 15 min to avoid the bitterness in methi leaves]

Cardamom -- 4 nos

Cloves -- 5 nos

Cinnamon stick -- 1,break into pieces

Ginger garlic paste -- 1 tsp

Onion -- 1 small,finely chopped

Green chillis -- 3 slit

Ghee -- 2 tsp / can use oil

Corriander leaves -- 1/4 cup finely chopped

Biryani masala powder -- 1 tsp

Salt -- to the taste

Method :

1. Cook basmathi rice and keep aside with ratio 1 rice : 1 1/2 water

2. Drain the water in methi leaves and boil in microwave for 2 min / just dip in hot water for 5 min.

3. Grind the methi leaves into paste and keep aside

4. Heat ghee in a pan, add the cardamom,cinamon,cloves and let them fry

5. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry it. Then add onions and let them fry till they turn light brown

6. Now add the methi paste , biryani masala powder,salt,corriander leaves and fry till oil seperates.

7. Add the mixture into the cokked basmathi rice

Serve with raita / kurma