Poppy Rice

Ingredients

• • Rice - 1 cup
• • Poppy seeds - 3 tablespoons
• • Sesame seeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - ½ teaspoon
• • Red chillies - 6
• • Tamarind - small lime size
• • Coconut (grated, dry) - 2 teaspoons
• • Salt - as required
• • Oil - 2 tablespoons
• • Cashew nuts - 1 tablespoon

Method

• 1. Cook rice and allow it to cool completely.
• 2. Dry roast poppy without adding oil, till it becomes light brown in colour.
• 3. Heat half a Teaspoon of oil and fry red chillies, black gram dal and sesame seeds till golden brown in colour.
• 4. Add grated dry coconut and remove from fire immediately.
• 5. When everything cools down powder it along with poppy seeds.
• 6. Add tamarind and salt at the end and pound well till everything is mixed well.
• 7. Heat rest of the oil and pour on top of cooled rice with enough of this poppy powder and mix well.
• 8. Garnish with fried cashew nuts.