Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mint rice (pudina chawal). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mint rice recipe or pudina rice with step by step photos - this pulao recipe is very flavorful, refreshing and fragrant dish of course because of mint leaves. This recipe is my mom's recipe. Mint (aka Pudina in Hindi) is very cooling and refreshing.
Mint rice (pudina chawal) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Mint rice (pudina chawal) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mint rice (pudina chawal) using 27 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mint rice (pudina chawal):
- Make ready To Grind:-
- Get 1/2 cup mint leaves
- Get 1/2 tsp coriander leaves
- Make ready 6 garlic cloves
- Make ready 1 tsp pepper corns
- Get 1 tsp ginger chopped
- Prepare 2 green chillies
- Make ready 2 onions,chopped
- Take 1/4 cup grated coconut
- Get 2 tsp water
- Prepare As per taste salt
- Get 2 tbsp ghee
- Take 1 tsp shahi jeera/caraway seeds
- Make ready 3 cloves
- Take 3 cardamom crushed
- Make ready 1 inch cinnamon
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Get 1 star anise
- Get 15 cashew halves
- Get 1 cup onion sliced
- Take 1/2 cup carrot roundels
- Make ready 1/2 cup potato cubed
- Get 1/2 cup tomato chopped fine
- Prepare 1 cup basmati rice
- Get 2 cups water
- Get to taste salt
- Make ready 2 tsp lime juice
Put a pressure cooker on the stove and add the oil. When it is hot add cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf and fennel seeds. Mint Rice also known as Pudina rice or pulao is a fragrant one pot rice recipe with the freshness of mint leaves, some kick from green chilies, garlic ,ginger and lime made in Instant Pot Pressure Cooker or Stove top. This is a very simple and easy rice dish perfect for lunchboxes or weeknight dinners.
Instructions to make Mint rice (pudina chawal):
- Grind all the ingredients given under 'to grind' to a smooth paste.
- Wash and then soak rice for 20 minutes.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add caraway/ shahi jeera, clove, cardamom, bay leaf, star anise and cinnamon. Splutter. Then add onion and turmeric powder and saute till golden brown.
- Add cashew and let it fry. Add tomatoes and fry till pulpy. - Now add the ground paste and saute till raw smell goes. - Add rice and saute till rice is lightly fried. - Add vegetables and boiling hot water. Add salt and lime juice.
- Put on lid of the cooker. When steam comes through, put weight on and cook on medium flame for 2 whistles. Immediately put off heat. Let steam subside on it's own. Then open. Serve hot.
Mint is a popular herb in Indian cuisine. It is known as pudina in Tamil. Mint leaves have a aromatic sweet flavour. Mint Leaves helps to eliminate toxins from the body, blood cleanser, acts as coolant to skin irritation and combat bad breath. Always choose fresh green mint leaves.
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