Mint Pulav

Ingredients:

Basmati rice - 2 cups
Green chillies - 3
Pudina - 2 bunches
Ginger - 1" piece
Jeera - 1/4 tsp
Bay leaf-1
Cinnamon stick-1/2inch
Cloves- 5 nos
Garlic - 3pods
Ginger- 1 inch piece
Cardamon- 2 nos crushed
Bay leaves- 2 nos crushed
Peanuts - 10-15
Ghee - 2 tbsps

Method:

1. Wash the Rice and cook seperately.
2. Grind pudina,green chillies,salt to paste.In a pan, heat the ghee and fry the peanuts & keep aside.
3. Fry onions and greenchillies until it changes to goldenbbrown color.
4. In the same ghee, add the jeera, after it splutters,add the grinded pudina paste,turmeric,bay leaf,cloves pwd,crushed cardamon,ginger-garlic paste add salt and redchilli pwd if neccessary.
5. Fry until raws smell goes
6. Now add rice and mix well.Garnish with peanuts and pudina leaves and serve with any raita.