Mint Rice

by Sandy · October 18, 2017

Ingredients for Mint Rice:

1. Basmati rice – 1 cup

2. Mint leaf – 1 cup

Coriander leaf – ½ cup

Coconut scrapped – 1 cup

Green chillies – 3

Ginger chopped – 1 small spoon

Garlic chopped -1 small spoon

Lemon juice – 1 big spoon

Salt – For taste

3. Oil – 3 big spoons

4. Bay leaf (Vayana Ila) – 2

Cinnamon – 1 piece

Cloves – 3

Cardamom – 3

5. Onions – 1, sliced

Green chillies – 3, chopped in thin round pieces

6. Salt – For taste

7. Cashews – 2 big spoons, fried

Mint leaves – 1 big spoon

Pappadam – 2, cut into lengthwise and fried

How to prepare Mint Rice?

1. Wash rice and cook 2.5 cups of water. Water content should be fully absorbed.

2. Spread cooked rice to a dish and allow it to cool.

3. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 2 to prepare mint chutney.

4. Heat oil in a pan and sauté ingredients no: 4.

5. Then sauté ingredients no: 5 till onions turn golden brown.

6. Add mint chutney to it and sauté well.

7. Add rice along with salt to this mixture and mix well.

8. When chutney gets fully absorbed take the mint rice from flame.

9. Transfer the rice to a serving plate and decorate with ingredients no: 7.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine December 15-31, 2016

Read one more simple recipe of Mint Rice:

Heat 2 small spoons of oil in pan and sputter ½ small spoon mustard. Add 1 cup each of chopped mint leaves and onions and saute the contents. Add ½ small spoon turmeric powder and ½ small spoon garam masala powder and fry the contents. Add salt and 1.5 boiled basmati rice and mix the contents. Decorate with fresh mint leaves and serve hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, December 15 – 31, 2019