methi pulao recipe | methi rice recipe | fenugreek rice recipe
easy methi pulao recipe | methi rice recipe | fenugreek rice recipe
Servings 3 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 17 pieces of paneer / cottage cheese
- 1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
- 1 bay leaf / tej patta
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 star anise
- 1 inch cinnamon stick / dalchini
- 5 cloves / lavang
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- 1 green chilli slit
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1 tsp ginger - garlic paste
- 1 cup methi leaves / fenugreek leaves
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- 1 cup basmati rice soaked 30 minutes
- ¼ cup peas / matar fresh / frozen
- 2½ cups water
- salt to taste
Instructions
- firstly, in a kadai heat ghee and roast paneer pieces.
- roast paneer till they turn golden brown. keep aside.
- further in the same kadai add in spices and saute till they turn aromatic.
- additionally, add in onions and saute well.
- now add chilli and ginger - garlic paste. saute well.
- furthermore, saute methi leaves till they shrink in size.
- now add turmeric and chilli powder. saute for a minute.
- add in 1 cup basmati rice, soaked 30 minutes.
- saute for a minute without breaking rice grains.
- now add peas, water and salt to taste.
- stir well and cover and cook till rice gets cooked well completely.
- now add roasted paneer and mix gently.
- finally, serve methi pulao with lemon and raita of your choice.