Pudina Sadam/ Mint Rice

Pudina sadam / Pudina rice/ Mint rice is a flavourful and a variety rice dish made with mint leaves and rice.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Pudina Sadam /Mint Rice.

Ingredients:-

Rice.                 -1cup
Onion.               -2
Mustard seeds.  -1tsp
Urad dal.           -1tsp
Garlic chopped.-1tsp
Curry leaves.    -1sprig
Cashewnuts.     -8
Salt.                  -to taste
Ghee.               -2tbsp+1tbsp

For Pudina Chutney/ Mint Chutney:-

Mint leaves.    -3 cup
Urad dal.         -1tsp
Green chillies. -4
Garlic.             -12
Curry leaves.   -2 sprig
Tamarind.        -a gooseberry size
Sesame oil.      -2 tbsp

Instructions:-

1). Boil and cook rice adding sufficient water. Drain water and keep aside the cooked rice.

2). Soak a goosebery size tamarind in 1/2 cup of water for few minutes. Squeeze the soaked tamarind and extract tamarind juice. Keep aside the tamarind juice.

3). For Pudina Chutney/ Mint Chutney:-

Heat 2tbsp sesame oil in a pan and add urad dal and saute well till golden colour. Add slit green chillies, chopped garlic and curry leaves into the pan and saute in oil.Add chopped mint leaves and saute well in oil for 3 minutes. Add 5 tbsp tamarind juice into the pan and mix well. Switch off the flame. Once cooled grind the sauted ingredients together to a thick paste. Transfer the ground pudina chutney /mint chutney to a bowl.You can keep the ground mint chutney in the refrigerator and it stays good for 10 days and you can use it when you make mint rice.

Method:-

1). Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a wide bottom pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add urad dal and saute well till golden colour. Add cashew nuts into the pan and saute well and fry in oil till golden colour.Add curry leaves and chopped garlic into the pan and saute well till nice aroma comes out.

2). Add finely chopped onion into the pan and mix well for 2 minutes.Add 5 tbsp ground mint chutney into the pan and mix with the onion. Add required salt into the pan and mix well.

3). Add cooked rice into the pan and mix well for 2 minutes.Add 1tbsp ghee into the pan and mix with all the ingredients in the pan and switch off the flame. Transfer the pudina rice to a serving bowl.

Very tasty Pudina Sadam / Pudina Rice/ Mint Rice is ready to serve with curd