Hara Bhara Pudina Pulao

Pudina or Mint is one of my favorite herbs. It has a lot of health benefits and is very good for digestion. This pulao is very easy to make and is very flavorful. It is a good rice item for boxed lunch since it very tasty and easy to make in the morning rush. I like the color and strong flavors of the herbs and spices. My husband is not a big fan of this but the kids are ok with it when served with raitha. Some time we also have to make things we like to eat rite?? so here we go a very easy to make rice item.

Preparation time - under 40 minutes

Serving - 4

Ingredients

1 big onion (finely chopped)
1 medium size potato ( medium long pieces)
1 big tomato (finely chopped)
1/2 cup frozen peas
3 cups basmathi rice or long grain rice
2 Tbp Cooking  Oil
 1/4 Tsp cumin seeds
 1 Tbp Salt


 To grind 

 1/2 bunch Mint leaves
1/4 bunch coriander leaves (optional)
1 inch piece ginger
2-3 garlic pods
2 chilies
little water

 Procedure

1. Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes in water.
2. Grind all the ingredients in the  to grind list in to a fine paste in a blender.
3. Heat a pan add oil, cumin seed and let it fry for a minute.
4. Add onions  to the oil and saute till transparent.
5. Add the tomato and saute for  2 minutes
6. Add the potato and peas and saute for 2 minutes.
7. Pour the ground mint/ coriander paste in to the pan and now add the salt.
8. Cover with a lid and cook in medium flame  for 5 minutes or until the raw smell goes.
9. Drain the rice and add to the pan mix the whole thing together.
10. Add 6 cups of water and transfer the mix to a pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistles. 
11. Open the lid  mix once and serve hot with raitha

Sometimes I cook with lid closed at low flame in the pan itself until the rice is completely cooked or in the rice cooker. Depending on the time I have to make the rice. Trust me if u like the smell of mint u will love this rice. the whole house smells so good and it tastes so good.
It tastes good with Raitha.

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