Easy and delicious variety rice recipe made with fresh mint leaves – Pudina Rice with detailed step-wise pictures. Mint Rice or Pudina Sadam is a simple one pot variety rice perfect for quick lunch!
To perfectly cook the basmati rice, bring 1.5 cups of water to a rolling boil and add ¾ cup of basmati rice along with salt as needed. Cook it covered until all water is absorbed and then gently fluff it up. Spread the cooked rice on to a large plate and let it cook down completely. It helps to drizzle a few drops of oil all over it.
Blend mint leaves, garlic cloves and green chillies to a blender
Blend it to a smooth paste by adding 1-2 tablespoon of water as needed. Set aside.
In a heavy bottomed pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds and urad dal. After a minute, add cashews.
As they begin to splutter and urad dal, cashews turns golden, add finely chopped onions.
When the onions turn translucent, add the prepared mint paste.
Add salt as needed for the paste (rice is already salted) and cook on low heat until it begins to turn thick.
Now add cooked & cooled down rice.
Gently mix up the rice to coat with the mint paste and leave it on heat for a minute.