Mint Rice (Pudina rice)

Ingredients

1 cup Basmati rice
2 cups water
1 bunch mint leaves
Small piece of ginger
2 tbsp coconut
1 green chilli
4 pods garlic
1 tsp fennel (saunf)
A pinch turmeric powder
1 tsp oil
2 tsp ghee
Salt to taste.

Method

In a pan add a tsp of oil in that add fennel,
ginger, garlic, green chilli and mint leaves fry for 2 minutes.
Now add coconut (don’t fry) to the above and grind to a fine paste.
In a pressure cooker add ghee, 2 cups of water and boil it.
Now add the above paste and turmeric powder mix well.
Finally add rice and salt mix well and cook for 2 whistle.
Simple mint rice is ready to serve with any raitha.