Mint rice recipe| Pudhina sadam | Variety rice
Mint rice is a kind of variety rice prepared by mixing steamed rice with cooked mint paste and other spices. Mint rice is a flavorful and instant dish which you can make quickly in just 15 minutes. This is an excellent lunch box item when packed with a good vegetable side fry or simply papad/potato chips.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
To grind:
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves
- 3 big green chillies
- 2 inches Ginger piece
To season:
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1/2 tsp jeera
- 1 big onion
- 1 tomato
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
Preparation:
- Cook rice separately and let it cool down.Do not cook mushy.Grains should be separate.
- Wash one full cup of tightly packed mint leaves.
- Chop onion and tomato.
- Peel ginger and keep ready.
- Recipe to make mint rice:
- First of all, take washed mint leaves,ginger and green chillies in a blender, grind them into a puree.keep it ready.
- Heat oil in a kadai add mustard and jeera seeds.
- When the mustard starts spluttering add chopped onions and saute them.
- Add turmeric and salt required for the rice.
- Now add chopped tomato and cook until soft.
- Add the ground mint green chillies paste and mix with masala.
- No need to cook for long time after adding mint as the vitamin C will be lost.
- Just saute for two to three minutes and add the cooked rice.
- Mix the rice gently with the masala so that the grains absorb mint flavour fully
- Keep in low flame, close with a lid and leave for 5 minutes.
- Mint rice is ready after five minutes.
- Switch off, open the lid and serve with potato fry, Papad, chips or simple onion carrot raita.
Notes
Tips/ Notes: 1. Do not cook mint more than 5 minutes. 2. You can adjust green chillies count to suit your spice needs. 3. Do not cook rice very soft and mushy for any type of variety rice recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 180kcal
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