Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Pudina (Mint)Rice


Ingredients:

Cooked rice- 2 glass
Pudina (Mint) leaves-1 cup
Coriander leaves-1/2 cup
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Big Onion-1
Green chillies-2
 fennel seeds(perumjeerakam)-1/2 tsp
Garlic- 3 flakes
Ginger-1/2’ piece
Salt-to taste
Coconut-1/4 cup

Method:

Wash and clean Pudina leaves.2 glass of ponni boiled rice can be pressure cooked with 4 glasses of water and kept aside.



Ina kadai pour oil and saute onions. Grind green chillies, garlic, Ginger and fennel seeds in a mixer coarsely. When onions are soft add this ground mixture and saute again. When onions and masala is dried add ground coconut. When coconut gets cooked well. 



Grind Pudina leaves and coriander leaves. Add ground Pudina and coriander leaves. and saute for some time,say 3-4 minutes. They should be ground coarsely by making the mixie trrr trrr(on –off the mixie).When, Pudina is over cooked it will lose its color as well as quality.Add cooked rice to this mixture and mix well and remove from fire.


Pudina rice taste good with raitha, chips and curd salad.....

Recipe Courtesy: Mrs.Uma Mohan.