Garlic Rice

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Garlic - 12
Small onion  - 10
Dry Red Chilly - 4
Ginger - small piece
Curry Leaves - two sprig
Tamrind - small piece (pea size)
Urad dal - 1 tbsp
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Hing - a pinch
Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Heat oil in pan and add urad dal and channa dal.
• Cook in low flame.
• Once it turns into mild brown color, transfer to plate.
• To the same pan add dry red chilly and ginger and saute for few seconds.
• Transfer to plate.
• Now to the same pan add garlic, onion and saute for a while.
• Add in tamrind and curry leaves(a sprig) and saute.
• Transfer this to plate.
• In a blender add salt, roasted dal and chilly and blend it.
• Then add other ingredients and blend it coarsely and set aside.
• Add required amount to the boiled rice and mix well.
• Now heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds.
• Add in curry leaves and once it splutters and add it to rice.
• Serve hot.

Note:

• I made half quantity of this.
• Also the thokku will go good with idly/dosa too.