Mint Rice

Ingredients

• • Rice - 1 cup
• • Mint leaves - 1 bunch
• • Onions - 2
• • Green chillies - 7
• • Coconut (grated, dry) - 2 tablespoons
• • Tamarind - small lemon size
• • Salt - as required
• • Oil - 3 tablespoons

Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Cashew nuts (broken) - 1 tablespoon (optional)
• • Curry leaves - few

Method

• 1. Cook rice till each grain is separate but soft to touch.
• 2. Spread over a broad plate to cool.
• 3. Heat a Teaspoon of oil and fry green chillies and mint leaves till the leaves shrink.
• 4. Grind it along with coconut, tamarind and salt.
• 5. Heat rest of the oil, fry the seasonings and then with finely cut onions till it becomes crisp.
• 6. Add ground masala paste and fry few minutes till good smell comes from it.
• 7. Reduce the flame and add cooked rice.
• 8. Mix gently till rice becomes hot and then serve.