Mint Pulao/Pudhina Pulao/Mint Rice

Ingredients: 

Basmati Rice - 3 cups, cooked

Mint – ½ cup 

Green chilies – 2 

Ginger – ¼ inch piece 

Garlic cloves – 2 

Oil – 1 ½ tbspns 

Cashews – 1 tablespoon, broken 

Onion - ½ cup, sliced + 1/2 cup for caramelizing 

Bay leaf – 1 

Cinnamon stick – ½ inch piece 

Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

Salt – to taste 

Method: 

Wash and grind the mint leaves with green chilies, ginger and garlic to a fine paste adding very little water. Keep it separate.

Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add the cashews and fry it till it gets golden brown. Remove and keep it separate.

Now add 1/2 cup of sliced onions in the same oil and fry it till it gets caramelized and golden brown. Keep it aside.

Now in the same oil, add bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Let it cook for few seconds till you get a nice aroma. Then add cumin seeds, let them sizzle. Then add ½ cup of sliced onion. Saute till the onions turn translucent. Then add mint paste and salt.  Let it cook till all the moisture in the mixture evaporates(approximately 2 minutes). Add the cooked rice and mix it gently. Garnish with cashews and fried onions and serve with raita.

Inspired from here