Mint and coriander rice

Mint and coriander rice

by Hb ~ Monday, June 1, 2009

Pudina and dhania rice(Mint and coriander rice)
When I saw Nags was hosting mingle event with rice as theme I was extremely happy. That is because I would love to make anything with rice. As a result, it was rice all the way at my kitchen this whole weekend. Thanks to my roommate for bearing me throughout without a bit of complaining. This recipe I mentioned in one of my earlier posts and made it again for the joy of blogging. This is healthy(yes,again!) and flavorful. You can tweak the recipe as you like and it would taste great anyway.Without much fuss I give you the recipe to Mint and coriander rice.

Serves 2(We are two women with not very great appetite so, adjust accordingly)
Preparation time - 30-40minutes

All you need:
Rice - 1 cup( I roasted rice with little ghee for a 2 minutes before cooking)
Mint/Pudina - 1 bunch
Coriander - 1 bunch
Carrot - 2
Onion - 1 big
Tomato - 1big
Ghee - 1Tb spoon
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 spoon
Cloves - 3
Green cardamom pods - 3
Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
Bay leaf - 1
Cashews for garnishing - 8-9
Water - 2 cups
Salt - 1 spoon

Procedure:
1. Separate mint leaves and chop the coriander. After washing them, fry them for exactly a minute. Blend them into a fine paste in a grinder.
2. Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Roast cardamom,cinnamon, cloves,bay leaf till they give out nice aroma.
3. Now add onion and fry for 2minutes. Don't burn them. Now add ginger garlic paste. After this, add finely chopped carrot pieces and fry them for 1.5 minutes.
4. Add chpopped tomatoes and mint-coriander paste. Fry this for 1 minute. Now add rice and mix them all together. Let this mixture fry for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add salt to this mixture and add water just enough for cooking. Make sure the mixture doesnt turn mushy. I pressure cooked for 3 whistles. Take care to see each grain is separate. Now add roasted cashews and coriander to garnish.



I made sure it was mild and refreshing. We enjoyed our rice with onion raita.

Needless to mention this goes to Mingle event which is being hosted by Nags and originated by Meeta of WFLH. Thanks Nags for choosing rice as theme.

I am also sending this recipe to CFK(Cooking for kids)which has greens as the theme. It is being held at pavani at cook's hideout and is brain child of Sharmi @ Naivedyam.