PREPARATION THE Garlic RICE:

•   Soak basmati rice for 20 minutes. Drain the water completely and cook rice in 2 cups of water. See to it that each grain is separate. Spread it on a plate to cool.
•  Peel garlic and onion. Check out how to peel garlic easily

•  Heat oil in a pan, add urad dal, channa dal and saute until it turns golden brown. Remove from pan. In the same pan, saute red chillies for a few seconds and remove it.
•  In the same pan, saute onion and garlic until onion turns translucent. Add ginger, curry leaves, hing, tamarind, salt needed and saute for a few more minutes. Leave it to cool.
•  Grind dal along with red chillies first to a smooth paste. Then add the onion garlic mixture and grind it slightly coarse.
•  Heat oil in a pan/kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add curry leaves, cooked rice, ground paste and mix it well gently. Remove from heat.
•  Delicious and healthy Garlic rice is ready. Serve it with papads, chips or potato fry.