Pudina Rice/Mint Rice

 Mint rice/ Pudina rice is the easiest and tastiest lunch I have cooked so far. It hardly takes  10 min to prepare this but the final dish is awesomely tasty . Mint has an appetizing effect and is a good source of Iron and Vitamin C. Now  get ready to make this refreshing dish .

Ingredients :

Basmati Rice -1 1/2 cup

Mint - 1 Cup tightly packed

Coriander -1/4 Cup

Green Chillies -3

Grated Coconut - 3 tbsp

Cashews -10 Nos

Onion - Finely Chopped

Ginger Garlic -1 tbsp

Ghee + oil -tbsp

Method

1) Soak the Basmathi Rice in water for 1/2 hour.

2)Fry cashews in ghee to golden brown and keep it aside.In the same pan fry the grated coconut and keep aside.

3)Make a paste of Pudina and Coriander with the green chilies.

4)Heat oil in a pan,add the chopped onions and ginger garlic paste and saute.

5)Add the green paste (Pudina + Coriander) in this and saute for 3 to 4 min till the raw smell goes away.
 

6)Add the soaked and drained rice and fried coconut to this and mix it gently .

7)Transfer it to rice cooker and add 1 3/4 cups of water /cup of rice . Add 1 tbsp of oil on the top.**

8)You can do the entire process in pressure cooker as well by adding 2 cups of water /1 cup of rice and cook for 3 whistles.

9)Serve it with Raitha :)

Notes.

1)I have tested that my rice cooker takes 1 1/2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice to cook it nice and fluffy. If your rice cooker demands less or more amount of water go ahead with your measurements.

2)Adding oil before cooking rice is a very important step in any rice preparations. This will prevent the rice from sticking to each other.

3)Taste the water after adding salt to the rice mixture at the end. If the salt level is correct ,it will just perfect when the rice is cooked.

4) I wanted the flavour of mint to be dominant in my dish and so din't add any other spice  other spice powder. You can add  if you wish.

5) You can add a boiled and cubed potato to this recipe. It will add to the taste of the mint rice.