Mint Rice

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup basmati rice
• 2 Onions
• 5 Green chillies
• 1 Bunch medium in size mint leaves
• 1 tsp Tamarind paste
• 3 tbsp Fresh grated coconut
• 1 tbsp Cashewnuts , broken into pieces
• 3 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste

For Seasoning:
• 1 tsp Bengal gram
• 1 tsp Black gram
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• A few Curry leaves

How to make Mint Rice:

• Cook rice until each grain is separate but soft to touch.
• Let it to cool, set aside.
• Heat 1 tsp oil in the pan and sauté green chillies and mint leaves until mint leaves shrink.
• Grind this along with tamarind, coconut and salt.
• Heat the remaining oil and fry the cashewnuts till golden and set aside.
• Combine all the seasoning ingredients with it.
• Add finely cut onions to it and saute until it become translucent.
• Combine the ground masala paste with it and fry for a few more minutes until good aroma comes.
• Reduce the heat and add the cooked rice.
• Mix it carefully, without breaking the grains of rice until it becomes hot.
• Add the fried cashews to it and serve.