Pudina Rice
Mint pulao or pudina rice is a very simple and flavorful one pot meal recipe, which is very quick to prepare. This fragrant rice smells irresistable with the fresh wonderful aroma of mint leaves. It makes a perfect dish for lunch box or for picnics. It pairs up great with onion raitha, chicken curry or any simple curry. Check out this mouth-watering lezat pudina rice video recipe here!Video Recipe For more Video recipes Subscribe here
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice - 1 & 1/2 cup
- Mint leaves - a bunch
- Coriander leaves - 1/2 bunch
- Ginger - small piece
- Green chilli - 3 to 4
- Garlic - 4
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- Cashewnuts - 6
- Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Bay leaf - 1
- Cinnamon - a small stick
- Cloves - 4
- Nutmeg crushed - 1/2 tsp
- Javithri - 1
- Onion - 2
- Tomato - 1
- Sliced carrot, peas, potato - 1 cup
- Fresh lemon juice - few drops
- Salt to taste
Method
- Wash and soak basmati rice in water for 5 mins.
- Drain and set aside.
- Wash & chop mint and coriander leaves.
- Add chopped mint, coriander leaves, green chilli, grated ginger and garlic to blender.
- Add 1/4 cup of water and grind to fine smooth paste.
- Keep it aside.
- In a pressure pan, heat ghee and oil.
- Add cashewnuts and roast to golden.
- Drain and set aside.
- Add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and javithri.
- Allow to crackle.
- Add sliced onions and salt.
- Saute until transculent.
- Add sliced tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add carrot, peas and potato and continue tossing.
- Add basmati rice (step 2) and saute for a minute.
- Now add the mint leaves paste (step 6) and combine.
- Squeeze few drops of lemon juice.
- Add 2 and 1/2 cups of water and combine.
- Taste and adjust salt and seasonings.
- Close the lid and pressure cook for 1 whistle in high flame. Simmer the flame for 5 mins and turn off flame.
- Once the pressure goes off, open the lid and fluff the rice gently.
- Garnish with roasted cashewnuts and coriander leaves.
- Flavorful delicious Mint pulao is ready.
- Enjoy hot with onion raitha or spicy curry.
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