Ingredients

• Rice - 1 cup
• Methi leaves, finely chopped - 1 cup
• Coconut, grated - 1/2 cup
• Spring Onion, finely chopped - 1/3 cup
• Tamarind pieces - 5-6
• Red dry chillies - 7
• Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• Urad dal - 1 tsp
• Gram dal - 1 tsp
• safoetida - 1 pinch
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Salt - according to the taste

How to Make Tangy Methi Rice

• Boil the rice so that it is cooked and the grains are separate.
• Dry roast red chillies, jeera, grated coconut, methi seeds and powder them.
• Heat oil, add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds splutter, add asafoetida, urad dal, gram dal, chopped spring onion and methi leaves.
• Fry for 2 mins.
• Add powdered masala and mix well.
• Add salt and cooked rice and mix well.
• Serve hot with your choice of raitha.