Mint Rice
Mint rice/Pudina rice is so simple, refreshing and flavorful, and easy to make with mint as the main ingredient. It’s a good recipe for a lunch box as well.
Using whole garam masala like cinnamon & cloves, bay leaf gives a nice fragrance to the rice. It can also be done as a one-pot dish where you can add rice & water to the tadka and cook with it rather than cooking the rice separately. I like to cook the rice first and then toss it in the tadka. This way the rice turns out fluffy & light.
Adding cashews & some fried onions gives a nice crunchiness to the rice. This rice can be done in no time and it’s a great recipe for potlucks & lunch boxes.
Tip: Just toss your cooked rice into the fridge for an hour or two, so that the rice doesn’t break while tossing.
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MINT RICE
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Cooked rice Preferably Basmathi
- 1 Bunch Mint paste
- 5 pcs green chillies Split
- 1/2 pc Onion Sliced
- 3 pcs Dry Red chillies
- 2 tbsps Oil
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 3 pcs Cinnamon
- 5-6 pcs cloves
- 1 pc star Anise
- 3 pcs Bay leaves
- 1 tsp Saahi jeera
- 1/4 cup Fried onions
- 1/4 cup Cashews
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- To taste salt
- handful Mint leaves
Instructions
- Heat up a non stick pan or kadai and add oil & ghee. When the oil is hot, add cinnamon, cloves, saahi jeera, bay leafs & star anise and fry them for 2min.
- Add cashews and fry them until golden brown. Now add red chilies, sliced onions & green chilies. Fry them for few minutes. Add ginger garlic paste & fry for few min.
- In a blender, add the mint leaves with little water & make it into a paste. ( U can add green chilies to the mint if u don't want them to be seen in the rice)
- To the pan , add some fresh mint leaves & the grinded paste and fry for 5minutes. Add salt as per taste.
- Now add a cup of cooked rice , some fried onions and mix them well until the rice is well combined with the paste.
- Add garam masala, some more fresh mint leaves & toss it well. Turn off the heat. Mint rice is ready to be served.
