Ingredients
Cream of rice (2c), urad dal (1tsp), channa dal (1tsp), tamarind paste (1tsp), mustard (1/4tsp), methi (1/2tsp), red chillies (6), curry leaves, turmeric powder (1/4tsp), cooking oil (4tsp), hing (a small pinch), salt (1tsp).

Method of preparation:-
First dry roast the methi and grind it into powder and then keep it aside. Take a pan, place it over heat. Heat the oil in it and then fry the mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, hing, curry leaves and red chillies in the hot oil. Add about 6 cups of water in the pan and then cook for sometime and then add the tamarind paste, turmeric powder and salt in it. Keep it to cook more for sometime. Now add the cream of rice in the pan cook it and keep on stirring the mixture until the cream of rice gets cooked and then add the methi powder. When the tamarind uppma gets ready then garnish it and serve it hot in a serving dish.