CLICK - Coffee/Tea Event & Mentha (Mint/Puthina) Rice (Microwave cooking)

July's concept is Coffee and Tea for the CLICK event, hosted by Jugalbandi.


My entry for the event :


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Now over to today's recipe, Mentha Rice ...........

Mint is a wonderful herb, with a pleasant odour. It is widely used in cooking, chewing gums, breath freshners, drinks, medicines, toothpastes, insectisides, etc. If it is taken with warm water, it completely cools the body and improves digestion.

I was browsing for Mint recipes, and found this in Pachakam.com. After minor changes, I prepared this recipe.



Ingredients:
Rice - 2 cups
Mint leaves - 2 cups
Onions - 2, cut into pieces, lengthwise
Green chillies - 4-5
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
Cashew nuts - 10
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Black gram (Urad Dal / Uzhunthu) - 1/2 tablespoon
Split chickpeas (Kadalai paruppu/Channa dal) - 1/2 tablespoon
Curry leaves - few
Tamarind - a small lemon size
Ghee - 1 tablespoon
Oil - 2 tablespoon
Salt to taste

Method:
Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup of water and extract juice. Wash mint leaves and drain water.

Heat pan, add 1 tablespoon of oil. Once it is hot, add mint leaves and green chillies and fry until raw smell goes off. Switch off the flame and allow it cool.

Once it is cool, grind it with coconut, cumin seeds, tamarind extract to a fine paste. Sprinkle little water if needed.

Heat ghee in a pan. Fry cashew nuts in it and keep aside. Add remaining oil to it. Once it is hot, add mustard seeds and allow it splitter.

Add urad dal, split chickpeas, curry leaves and onions and fry for few minutes, until onions turn pale.

Meanwhile, wash rice and transfer it to microwave container. Add fried onions, grinded mint paste, salt to taste and 4 cups of water.

Mix well and cook it in microwave for 20 minutes.

Once it is done, garnish with cashew nuts and serve hot.


Cooking time : 30 minutes
Serves 3-4 persons




Sending this recipe to Herb Mania - Mint event hosted by Ammaluskitchen.

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And, reposting Mango Milkshake & Fruit Stiks recipes for WYF Juices and Icecreams event hosted by Easycrafts.



Click here for Mango Milkshake recipe.



Click here for Fruit Stiks recipe.