Last week at the farmer's market up a bunch of Mint leaves as usual.Most of the times it turns into chutney but this time I used it to make flavored rice.
I used :
Rice- 1 cup,washed
Mint leaves- 1/2 a bunch
Tomato-3,chopped
Onion-1,sliced
Garlic-3 cloves,chopped
Ginger-1" piece grated
Cinnamon-1" piece
Curry leaves- a few
Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Red chillies-3
Turmerci powder- a pinch
Coriander/mint leaves to garnish
Oil-1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
- In a pressure cooker heat oil and put in mustard,curry leaves,red chillies and fry till mustard pops.
- Put in onion,ginger,garlic,Cinnamon,turmeric powder and saute till the onion turns translucent.
- Put in tomato and mint leaves and saute for a minute.
- Add 2.5 cups water and bring to boil.[I generally use 1:3 ratio for rice.Since this dish has to be grainy,I reduced the volume of water.]
- Put in the rice,salt and mix well.
- Pressure cook for 10 minutes or till done.Take care not to over cook the rice which will make the rice mushy.
Serve with a raita of your choice or with plain yogurt.
This is for Siri's Healing foods,this month hosted here with the theme Tomato
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Bon Appetit...
Labels: Cooking with herbs / flowers, Herbs, KLBRice, Rendezvous with Rice, Vegan varieties
