Pudhina Pulao / Mint Pulao | Pulao Recipes

Pudhina Pulao or mint pulao, is one of my favorite. It is easy to prepare recipe at the morning time and just a normal onion raita goes well with it. I just love the smell which surrounds the house, when the mint pulao is getting ready. This smell itself makes me hungry most of the time.

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice - 3 cups
• Water - 4.5 cups + 1/4th cup
• Mint leaves - 1 bunch
• Coriander leaves - a handful
• Onion - 1 big (cut lenthwise)
• Green Chillies - 4
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
• Salt - as per taste
• Ghee - 2 tsp

To Temper

• Oil - 3tsp
• Cinnamon Stick - 1 crushed
• Star anise - 2
• Bayleaves - 1 (crushed)
• Fennel Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Cloves - 3 to 4
• Cardamom - 1

Method

• Soak the rice for 20 to 30 min.

• Wash the Mint leaves.

• In a mixer grinder/food processor, add the mint leaves and green chilies and with little water (1/4th cup), make a paste.

• In a pressure cooker, add oil and the ingredients under Temper, one by one and fry for a min.

• Add the Onion and fry till translucent.

• Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes off.

• Add the mint paste and salt and cook for 5 min approx.

• Add the soaked rice and water.

• When the water starts boiling, close the cooker lid (no need to put weight), and keep in low flame.
• After 10 to 12 min, slowly open the lid and add the ghee. 
• Switch off the flame.

• Mix gently and again close for another 5 min.
• Serve hot with raita.

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Pavakkai Poriyal / Bitter gourd Stir fry

Ingredients

• Bittergourd - 4
• Onion - 1
• Mustard seeds - a pinch
• Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
• Dry Red Chillies - 2
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Curry leaves - few
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Salt as per taste
• Little water (optional)

Method

• Wash and cut bitter gourd and onion in to small pieces.
• In a kadai, add 1 tsp oil, and when hot add mustard seeds, urud dal and fry till urud dal becoms light brown.

• Add onion, red chillies and curry leaves.

• When onion becomes translucent, add the bitter gourd and start frying it.

• After 5min, sprinkle little water. (Do not add more). Add required salt to taste.
• Add another 1 tsp oil, fry and add turmeric powder and close the kadai with a lid.

• Stir the bitter gourd, in 2 minutes interval and take care not to over fry it.
• Check whether the bitter gourd are cooked, by smashing one piece in hand.

• When cooked, switch off, and serve it as a side dish for Rasam Rice or Sambar rice.

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