Appetising Methi Chawal (Fenugreek Rice) Recipe
Finally an Appetising Methi Chawal recipe that your palate will fall in love with! The Indian Appetising Methi Chawal is an amazing Main Dish. The most essential ingredient in Appetising Methi Chawal is always Rice. This delicious awaits you, try it right away!.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups rice, picked washed and soaked in 3 cups water
250 gm fresh fenugreek washed and chopped or 5-6 teaspoons dried fenugreek
3 tablespoons cooking oil
1 inch piece of cinnamon
3-4 cloves
1 black cardamom
1/2-1 teaspoon whole black peppercorn
2 onions, chopped fine
1 inch piece of ginger, ground
6 cloves garlic, ground
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 green chillies (opt) chopped or ground
salt to taste
Directions
Boil the fenugreek in water for about 10 minutes.
Grind and keep aside.
Heat the oil and add the next 4 ingredients.
After a minute or so, add the onions and fry till pinkish.
Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry till golden brown.
Add the turmeric, chillies, and salt and fry for a few seconds.
Add the fenugreek and saute for a few minutes.
If you're using dry fenugreek, saute it now.
Add the rice and fry.
When it starts sticking at the bottom, add the water in which the rice was soaked.
Turn the heat to high.
After the liquid starts boiling and reaches the level of the rice, reduce heat, cover the pan tightly, put the tava underneath it and let it cook for 25 minutes.
Open the pan, check that the rice is done, then fluff up gently with the back of a spoon.
Grind and keep aside.
Heat the oil and add the next 4 ingredients.
After a minute or so, add the onions and fry till pinkish.
Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry till golden brown.
Add the turmeric, chillies, and salt and fry for a few seconds.
Add the fenugreek and saute for a few minutes.
If you're using dry fenugreek, saute it now.
Add the rice and fry.
When it starts sticking at the bottom, add the water in which the rice was soaked.
Turn the heat to high.
After the liquid starts boiling and reaches the level of the rice, reduce heat, cover the pan tightly, put the tava underneath it and let it cook for 25 minutes.
Open the pan, check that the rice is done, then fluff up gently with the back of a spoon.
