Mint Pulao-Pudina Sadam
Prep Time : 10 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Rice-Lunch-Mint
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Basmati rice or raw rice – 1 cup
Onion – 2
Mint leaves – 1 medium sized bunch or 1 cup tightly packed
Green chilli – 2
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Fresh peas – fistful (optional)
Fresh lemon juice -1 tbsp or juice of half a small lemon
Salt needed
For the seasoning
Oil – 2 tbsp
Cardamom -1
Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
Cloves – 2
Preparation
Wash mint leaves and grind it to a fine paste along with half an onion (optional), 1-2 green chilli and a small piece of ginger adding very less water.
Soak basmati rice for 20 minutes, drain and keep it aside.
Method
Heat oil in a pan, add the ingredients mentioned under seasoning, saute for a few seconds, then add thinly sliced onions and saute till onions turn pink.
Add the ground paste and saute till the raw flavor of the mint paste goes. If you have fresh peas with you, then you can add a handful of fresh peas now.
In case, if you are cooking directly in the pressure cooker/pan as shown above, pressure cook for 1 whistle and simmer for another 5-6 minutes. Switch off and open the cooker once the pressure subsides.
Another method for cooking directly in the pressure cooker – You can cook as I have done in my Vegetable biryani in Pressure cooker.
Variations – You can add 1 small potato (peeled and chopped) along with peas (step -2) if you like.
You can grind 1/4 cup of freshly grated coconut along with mint.
You can also cook rice separately and mint separately and mix both together. In that case, you cook rice as you normally do but I do not recommend this unless you have leftover rice.
Now we will learn a different style of making tomato pachadi/raita –
Tomato Thayir Pachadi (South Indian style)
Tomato – 4
Onion -1
Green chilli -1 slit
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Curd/Plain yogurt – 1 cup (chilled)
For the seasoning
Oil -1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 3/4 tsp
Method
Put tomatoes in hot water for 10 minutes.
Peel the skin and chop it into medium sized pieces.
Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add green chilli, chopped tomatoes and saute for a few minutes, till the water evaporates. Leave it to cool.
Add finely chopped raw onions, finely chopped coriander leaves and salt needed to the above.
Mix whisked curd and serve with any pulao.
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View Comments (46)
delicious and tempting combo dear :)
Very healthy pulao...I love it...
love this combo.... pacahdi is new to me.... so delicious looking...
.....super delicious!:)
Love the color of tomato pachadi...very good combo
Flavourful mint rice, both makes me hungry.
Delicious combination..
I am just drooling over it :)
Delicious combo,looks so tempting.
Flavourful and tempting mint rice with a nice raita combination