Mint Rice

Ingredients:

Raw Rice - 2 cups

Coconut Milk - 1 cup

Big Onion - 1

Lemon Juice - 1 teaspoon

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon

Salt - 1 teaspoon or as per taste

To grind:

Pudina leaves - 2 cups

Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup

Green chillies - 2 to 3 Nos

Fresh ginger - 1" piece

Garlic cloves - 2 Nos

For seasoning:

Oil - 4 tablespoon

Cinnamon stick - 2 small pieces

Cloves - 2 Nos

Cardamon - 2 Nos

Bay Leaf - A small piece

Fennel seeds (Sombu) - 1 teaspoon

Method:

Wash and soak the rice in water for about 15 minutes.Chop the onion.Grind Pudina, Coriander leaves, green chillies, ginger and garlic to a fine paste.Put a pressure cooker on the stove and add the oil.

When it is hot add cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf and fennel seeds. Add chopped onion and fry till it become transparant.

Add Pudina leaves paste, turmeric powder and salt and stir fry for few minutes. Drain the excess water from rice and add to the seasoning. Mix well. Add coconut milk and three cups of water (Total measure of coconut milk and water together should be four cups).

Stir once again and close with lid.Pressure cook it for three whistles.When it is cooled, add lemon juice and mix gently. Garnish with few fresh Mint leaves and lemon wedges.Serve hot