Mint rice recipe | pudina pulao recipe
Mint rice recipe or pudina pulao recipe:-A spicy minty fragrant pulao recipe.
Servings 2 cups
Ingredients
For the paste:
- ½ cup mint leaves fresh
- ½ cup fresh coriander leaves
- ½ cup onion diced
- 1 inch ginger
Other:
- 1 cup basmati rice Soaked for 30 mins
- ½ cup green peas
- Salt to taste
- 2 cups water to boil rice
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tbsp Ghee /Clarified butter
- ½ tsp cumins
- a pinch asafoetida /hing
- 1 bay leaf (tej patta)
- 2 nos black cardamom
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
Instructions
for the paste:
- Take a mixture jar. add mint leaves, coriander, onions, and ginger. Crush it to a fine paste.
- meanwhile, prepare your rice.take a Kadai. Boil water and add soaked rice. Bring the rice to boil well. Kepp the rice aside.
For the Pulao :
- Heat oil and ghee in nonstick kadai.
- Add cumins. When they crackle add asafoetida and Khada masala Like tej patta ,cardamom and cinnamon.
- Add onions and saute it for a while.
- Add tomatoes and green peas.
- Add salt and mix well.
- Add crushed mint paste and mix well. Cook the mixture for 5-7 mins or Until the water is absorbed.
- Add cooked basmati rice and mix well.
- Cook for 2 mins.
- Serve hot.
Notes
- Please soak basmati rice for at least 20 mins for best cooking.
- I didn't add SALT in the rice while boiling.
- you can add your choice of veggies too.
- Adjust the amount of mint leaves according to your taste.
