Mint Rice
Ingredients
For roasting and grinding:
- 1 tsp oil
- 3 Kashmiri red chili
- 1 inch ginger (small piece)
- peanut size tamarind
- 2 tbsp shredded coconut
- 1 cup mint leaves (tightly packed)
For Making Mint rice:
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp channa dhal
- 1 tsp urad dhal
- 1 Kashmiri red chili
- few curry leaves
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 cup rice (cooked)
- salt to taste
Instructions
For Roasting and grinding:
- Heat the oil in a pan, add Kashmiri red chili, ginger tamarind, coconut, saute for a minute
- Add mint leaves, saute it in low flame for 30 seconds
- Allow the mixture to cool
- Transfer the mixture to a blender jar, blend it into a smooth paste
For making Mint rice:
- Heat the oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, then add channa dhal, urad dhal, Kashmiri red chili, and curry leaves, saute it for a minute
- Add chopped onion, saute it till it becomes glossy
- Add the ground paste, mix it well
- Now add the cooked rice and salt, mix it evenly to get rice coated with mint paste, It is done