“Garlic ~ Methi Leaves Pulav” … This is a simple medium spiced pulav with garlic flavor and with the goodness of fresh Methi / Fenugreek Leaves … Good for health during winter season and delicious on taste too … Goes very well with some spicy Veg / Non-Veg Curry … Yummy Yumz …....
Winter season is slowly creeping in and I see all the winter special veggies also slowly coming along. Truck full of methi / fenugreek leaves are flooding the market, so all of you will be seeing more of this healthy leafy vegetable now. Though a bit tedious work of plucking the leaves, Lots of yummy dishes can be prepared out of this bitter leafy vegetable. Without running much into the details of the leaves, I will go to the recipe as I have mentioned the medicinal benefits of these leaves many times before. I have also blogged a few varieties of pulav’s with methi leaves before. This pulav is also similar except that I have added in garlic for a slight variation in preparing the pulav. The flavour of garlic always blends well with these leaves be it in pulav or curry. This is not a spicy pulav, neither does it taste good if you prepare it spicy except if its Biryani. I will be posting the Biryani recipe soon too. Till then prepare this pulav and relish the same with spicy Veg / Non-Veg curry. Tastes delicious.
Ingredients :
Basmati / Jeera Rice : 3 cups.
Methi / Fenugreek leaves 2-3 cups finely chopped.(Leaves only)
Onion : 2 medium.
Salt to taste.
Ghee : ½ cup
Lemon : ½ of one medium sized lemon
Spices :
Jeera / Cumin Seeds : 3 tsp
Cinnamon / Tike Saal : 2” length 4-5 pieces.
Pepper Corns / Miri : 1 tsp
Cloves / Lavang : 8-10 tsp
Green Cardamoms : 4-5
Black Cardamoms : 4-5
Crushed Jaivitri : ¼ tsp
Star Anise : 2 – 3
Bay leaves / Tej Patta : 2-3
Garlic Cloves / Losun : 15 – 17 medium sized.
** Soak Jeera Rice / Basmati Rice in plenty of water for 30 minutes. Wash well and drain on a colander.
** Wash and squeeze out the water from the methi leaves. Keep this ready aside.
** Note : Apply a little bit of salt to the methi leaves and rub it all over and leave aside for 10 minutes. Squeeze of the water from methi leaves properly, wash and keep this aside ready. This is done to remove the bitterness from methi leaves. You can leave out this step and just wash and keep the leaves ready if liked. I personally do not follow the salt method as I strongly believe that it should be consumed as it is for its awesome health properties. You may choose any method.
** Peel and remove the skin of onions and chop them finely. Keep this aside ready.
** Keep 6 cups of water for boiling, when it starts boiling, lower the heat and keep simmering ready aside in that stage and continue with the other procedure of pulav.
** Now in a thick bottomed kadai add in the ½ cup of ghee. When hot, lower the heat and add in the garlic and fry till the colour changes slightly. Remove and keep a few fried one’s aside for garnishing.
** Now add in Jeera, Pepper, Green Cardamoms, Black Cardamoms, Crushed Jaivitri, Star anise, Bay leaves and fry for a few minutes.
** Now add in the onions and fry only for 2-3 minutes, till they are just translucent, do not brown them. Add in the methi leaves that are kept ready aside and mix well. Lower the heat, cover with a lid and cook for a few minutes.
** Now add in rice and mix well. Add 6 cups of boiling water kept for simmering aside, salt to taste and give a nice mix. Bring all to a boil, once its starts to boil, lower the heat to minimum. Cover the kadai with tight fitting lid and cook on low heat till 95% done.
** Once done open the lid and allow the hot steam to pass away. Do not stand too close, you may get burned by the hot steam. Wait for about 5 minutes and then add in freshly squeezed half lemon juice and gently mix the pulav with the help of a fork. Do not put pressure or mix vigorously lest the rice grains get mashed and the pulav may turn mushy.
** “Garlic ~ Methi Leaves Pulav” is done and is ready to be served. Serve this pulav hot with any Spicy Veg or Non-Veg Dal-Fry curry. I served it with Curry leaves Chicken Curry, raita and green masala fish fries and it tasted awesome. You may serve it with any dish of your choice. Tastes awesome. Enjoy it with your family and friends.
** You may also want to check on previous Methi pulavs for some procedures. Given below are 2 links to the same, Please click on the same for the recipe …
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