Recipe: Tasty Mint Rice

Mint Rice. Pudina rice is a fragrant, spicy and tasty one-pot dish made with mint leaves and some more spices-herbs. Mint (pudina in hindi), is a fragrant herb Used in Indian cuisine in different ways. This simple and easy mint pulao has mint leaves as one of the main ingredients.

It is one of the easy lunch box dishes, commonly called as variety rice. Mint rice gets a sweet and lingering cool effect from the mint leaves. Along with other spices and pulses, mint rice makes a delicious dish. You can have Mint Rice using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mint Rice

1. You need 1 cup of Basmati Rice.
2. You need 1 of onion, chopped.
3. You need 2 tbsp of Ghee.
4. It's 2 piece of green chillies, diced.
5. You need 3/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
6. You need 3/4 tsp of corriander powdee.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of Garam Masala.
8. You need 1/2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
9. You need 1/4 cup of mint leaves.
10. It's 1 tsp of cinnamon, cardamom pods (crushed) and cloves.
11. It's 2 cup of water, to cook rice.
12. It's 1 of salt to taste.

Here is the recipe on how to cook basmati rice. Bring the broth or water, butter, and salt to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat. Mint rice or pudina rice is a one pot rice dish made with spices, mint & rice. This pudina rice turns out very flavorful, delicious & can be eaten with some yogurt or raita.

Mint Rice step by step

1. Clean and soak rice for 10-15 minutes.
2. In and a large microwave proof bowl, add ghee, onion, green chillies and ginger garlic paste. Mix well and micro at high power for 3 min.
3. Add corriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala. Stir and micro at high power for 30 seconds..
4. Then add rice, water, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and salt. Stir well and micro for 13 min. Do not forget to cover the bowl with a lid..
5. Stir well and let it stay covered for 3 min ..

These fresh mint recipes showcase mint's divine aroma and clean taste in delicious drinks, salads, mains and desserts, from mint juleps to blueberry pie. Mint flavored pulao is an easy to make instant rice dish to serve with onion raita in lunch or dinner. Flavorful green paste of fresh mint leaves, coriander leaves, coconut, ginger and garlic is sautéed with onion and then mixed with cooked rice to prepare pudina rice. Fresh mint leaves are steeped with sugar and water to create a minty fresh sweet syrup to add a refreshing lift to cocktails, mocktails, pastry glazes, and frozen desserts. Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat.