Ingredients:

• 3 cups – basmati Rice
• 1 cup – Coriander leaves
• 1 cup – pudina leaves
• 5 – Green chillies
• 1 – Tomato
• 2 tbsp – Methi seeds
• 2 – large Onions
• 1.5 tbsp – Ginger Garlic paste
• 4.5 cups – water
• 4 tbsp – Ghee
• whole Garam Masala (cloves – 8, Cinnamon – 5, elaichi – 4)
• salt

Method:

1. Soak methi seeds overnight. Wash and soak rice while you begin the cooking process.
2. Heat ghee and add whole garam masala. Wait till they splutter.
3. Add onions and fry till they are transparent. Add ginger-garlic paste and stir fry well till raw smell leaves.
4. Add tomato and fry well along with green chillies, coriander and pudina leaves.
5. Add the soaked methi seeds (drain the water from the methi). Stir for 3 mins.
6. Add 4.5 cups of water, salt and bring it to a boil.
7. Add rice and cook till done while stirring just once or twice in between.
8. Serve hot with pudina chutney.
9. Make the chutney by blending together coconut, pudina leaves, tamarind, ginger, green chillies, and salt.

Recipe courtesy of hasnath