This is a guest post by my little sister Pooja who can whip up quite a few delicious dishes…. I haven’t tried this personally (yet) but even my chef Mother vouches for this one :))…..here’s the Pudina rice recipe for you….
Basmati rice – one cup
Mint (Pudina) leaves- one cup
Coriander (cilantro) leaves-half cup
Grated coconut- 3-4 tbsp
Green chillies – 2 to 3 nos
Green Peas/cluster beans – 1/4 cup (optional)
clove- 2 to 3 nos
Cardamom- one
Cinnamon – 1/2 inch stick
Cumin(Jeera)- 1tsp
Oil-3tbsp
- Soak basmati rice in water for half an hour
- Heat oil in a pan, put in cumin seed first followed by clove,cardamom and cinnamon fry it for a while
- Add pudina , coriander leaves and green chillies and stir it for sometime
- Add grated coconut and keep it on medium flame ,wait till the color of grated coconut turns in to light brown
- Remove it from flame and let the mixture cool down for sometime
- Make a coarse paste out of this mixture and keep it aside
- Heat some oil in a vessel, put in your optional vegetables either peas or beans and fry it for sometime
- Add basmati rice to it along with water in 2:1 ratio ( for one cup of rice add two cups of water)
- Then add the paste and stir it so that all the ingredients mix well
- Cover the vessel with a lid and keep it on medium flame for sometime
- Serve hot along with raita or dal
Thanks Pooja, for the recipe….:)
Till next time….have fun cooking!
Akshayapatram 