MINT RICE-PUDHINA SADHAM

MINT RICE:

Ingredients:

1. Rice one and half cup basmati or sonamasoori.
2. Mint leaves one big bunch.
3. Green chillies 3
4. Grated coconut 1/2 cup or 3 tbsp.
5. Red chilles 2.
6. Tamarind water from big marble size tamarind pulp
7. channa dhal.
8. Chashew nuts few.
9. Mustard seeds 1 tsp.
10. Urad dhal 1 tsp.
11. Salt to taste.
12. Oil or ghee for seasoning.
13. Half onion.

Method:

• Take mint leaves from stem and wash and keep ready.
• Cook rice and keep reeady.
• In a pan add one tsp of oil add mint leaves saute till it shrinks.
• Add green chilles and fry ,now add grated coconut,fry for 2 min and let this cool to room temp.
• Grind mint leaves ,coconut,green chilles and tamarind water in blender untill smooth.
• In a pan add oil or ghee for seasoning, fry chashew nuts and keep it.
• In same oil add mustard seeds,urad dhal,channa dhal let this fry ,next add red chilles,add onion and fry till golden brown.
• Add grinded paste let this paste cook for 5 min add little water for cooking.
• Add salt to taste now once this mint is cooked add cooked rice and mix well.
• Cook this in sim for 3 min .
• Granish with chashew nuts and fries peanuts.

Serve with chips or potato fry.