Mint Rice

Ingredients:
• Basmati rice - 2 cups
• Mint leaves – 2 or 3 bunches
• Oil – 2 or 3 tsp
• Ghee – 2 tsp
• Onion - 1 medium
• Green chillies – 5 or 6 (adjust according to spice level)
• Bay leaves – 2 or 3
• Crushed (Cloves – 5, Cardamom – 3, Cinnamon – 1/2 inch)
• Ginger and garlic paste – 1. 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander leaves for garnish
• Coconut powder – ½ tsp
• Salt to taste

Method of preparation:

• Cook rice separately & after cooking rice spread separately in a wide bowl. Make sure that rice shouldn’t sticky.
• Wash mint leaves & keep it aside.
• Take a bottomed khadai, heat ghee & add mint leaves, green chillies & diced onions. Keep stirring till gets tender.
• Once it is done, remove from heat.
• When fried mint leaves get cool, make it fine paste.
• Heat oil in a large dish and add the whole spices.
• After a few seconds add ginger garlic paste along with the bay leaves, coriander powder & coconut powder.
• Add grinded paste, add salt & stir it well.
• Add the cooked rice to it and fry for 5 minute, mix gently.
• Keep stirring & make sure the rice shouldn’t be break.
• Garnish with coriander.

This is my favourite dish. That’s the reason I published first recipe in my blog.