Mint Rice (Pudina Rice)

Ingredients :

Rice - 2 cups.
Salt - as per taste.
Mint leaves - 1 cup.

For Temper :

Oil - 3 tbsps.
Mustad seeds (avalu) - 1/2 tbsp.
Cumin seeds (zeelakarra) - 1/2 tbsp
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick.
Clove - 1.
Cardmom - 1.
Hing (inguva) - a pinch.
Split green chilli (pachi mirapakayalu niluvuga gatu pettinavi) - 3.
Red chilli - 2.
Chana dal (senagabedalu) - 1 tbsp.
Peanuts (verusenaga pappu) - 2 tbsp.
Black gram (minapappu) - 1 tbsp.
Cashew nuts (jeedipappu) - 1 tbsp.

Process :

• Boil rice in a cooker with 4 cups of water with required salt.
• Take boiled rice in a bowl let it be cool.
• Grind mint leaves to a fine paste.
• Heat oil in pan add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,cardmom,cinnamon,clove,hing,green chilli,red chilli,chana dal,peanuts,black gram,cashew nuts.Now add Mint leaves paste fry it well about 10 mins.
• Mix this mint leaves paste with boiled rice.
• Mint rice is ready to serve.