Pudina Rice | Mint Rice
This is a one-pot tasty, healthy and fragrant Indian rice dish made with fresh mint leaves, rice, and a few spices. It's a great lunch box recipe that can then be served plain or with raita made with yoghurt.
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Servings: 4
Ingredients
- Basmati rice - 2 cups
- Sliced onion - 1 small
- Green chillies - 3 to 4
- Cumin seeds - 1Tsp
- Oil - 1Tbs
- Ghee-1tbsp
- Salt to taste
To Grind:
- Mint leaves – 1cup
- Garlic pods - 3 to 4
- Ginger - 1 inch piece
Instructions
STOVETOP METHOD:
- First, wash and soak basmati rice in plenty of water for 15 minutes.
- Next, in a blender add mint leaves, garlic pods, ginger and grind into a smooth paste by adding some water.
- Heat a saucepan with oil, ghee. Once it is hot add cumin seeds and allow them to crackle. Next add cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon stick and bay leaves. Stir well.
- Add sliced onion along with green chillies and sauté until turn translucent.
- Now add the ground paste and sauté for 3-5 minutes on medium flame.
- Add the soaked rice and sauté for few minutes. Then add 3 cups of water (for 2 cups rice: 3 cups water), add salt and mix well.
- Close the saucepan with a lid and cook for 10-12 minutes on low- medium flame or until rice is cooked.
- Gently fluff up the rice and leave for few minutes.
INSTANT POT METHOD:
- First, wash and soak basmati rice in plenty of water for 15 minutes. Once the 15minutes are over, drain the water from the rice and keep it aside.
- Next, in a blender add mint leaves, garlic pods, ginger and grind into a smooth paste by adding some water
- Now, place the inner pot inside of the instant pot and switch on the saute mode. Once the inner pot is hot, add oil and ghee.
- Then add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leave and stir it well.
- Next, add chopped onions, slit green chillies and fry it until the onion is translucent.
- After that, add the ground masala and sauté for 3-5 minutes.
- Now add the soaked rice and saute for few minutes.
- Add 2 ½ cups of water and adjust the salt according to your taste. Mix well.
- Cancel the sauté mode.
- Then close the lid and keep the valve in sealing mode. Select pressure cook mode and set to high pressure for 5 minutes.
- Once the cooking time is done, allow 10 minutes and release the pressure manually.
- Finally, gently fluff the rice with a spoon.
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Notes
- Adjust spices according to your taste
- You can use normal rice instead of basmati rice
- To avoid burn, make sure there is enough liquid while cooking the rice.
- In the stovetop method for 1 cup rice:1, ½ cup water is required.
- In instant pot method for 1 cup rice: 1, ¼ cup water
- You can make it Vegan by skipping the ghee.
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