Lemon Pudina Rice

Lemon Pudina Rice

Ingredients 

1 cup uncooked rice
oil as needed
1 cup pudina leaves (tightly packed)
1 sprig curry leaves
½ tsp mustard
½ to ¾ tbsp. chana dal
½ to ¾ tbsp urad dal
2 tbsp peanuts or cashews
little turmeric powder
1 broken red chili
2 green chilies (skip for kids or deseed use 1)
olive oil (optional)
½ to ¾ tsp grated ginger (optional)

Instructions

Pluck mint leaves, add them to a large pot filled with water. Rinse them well in more water. Drain them in a colander.
Soak rice for at least 15 to 20 minutes.
Cook it and set aside to cool completely. You can cook rice in electric cooker, pressure cooker or pot.
While the rice cooks, add the mint leaves to a small blender jar. Blend it little coarsely without adding water. Set this aside.
Heat oil in a pan, add peanuts, chana dal and urad dal when they are lightly golden, add mustard and red chili. Lower the heat. When mustard splutter, add curry leaves, ginger, green chilies.
Ginger may get burnt, be quick. Add the pudina. Saute for 1 minute. Switch off the stove.
Add turmeric to the pan and add this to the cooled rice. Sprinkle salt and squeeze off lemon all over the rice. Mix well. I also like to add some extra virgin olive oil before the rice is mixed.
lemon pudina rice is ready.