Mint Rice Recipe for Toddlers and Kids
Mint Rice - A quick flavored meal made with rice, spices and mint leaves.
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Ingredients
- Rice - ¾ cup
- Mint leaves - 1 small bunch or 1 cup tightly packed
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Small Onions - 12 or 1 medium sized big onion
- Green chilies - 1 finely chopped
- Water - 2 cups
- Salt - as required
To temper
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Bay leaves - 1
- Cumin Seeds - ½ tsp
- Urad dal - ½ tsp
- Cashews - 8
Instructions
Preparation
- Wash rice thoroughly with water. Pressure cook rice in a medium flame for three to four whistles with required amount of water. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly and set aside.
- Wash and roughly chop coriander leaves & mint leaves. Keep aside. Slice onions. Chop green chilies. Set aside.
- Then Grind the coriander leaves, mint leaves , green chilies and Half of the chopped onions with little water to a fine paste. Keep it ready.
Method
- Heat a kadai with remaining oil. Add all the items listed to temper. Let cumin seeds crackle and urad dal & cashews turns brown. Then add the remaining onions. Saute them nicely until golden brown.
- Once onions becomes transparent , add ground coriander mint onion green chili paste. Add required salt. Give a quick stir. Cook for 5-7 minutes or until oil leaves from sides. Switch off the flame once done and cool it down.
- Mix the mint gravy with cooked rice using a fork slowly. Mix well until the gravy is well coated with rice. Give at least 15 minutes resting time and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 2g