Mint Flavored Rice (Pudhina Rice/Pudhina Baath)

Ingredients

1. Cooked Basmathi/Sona Masoori rice - 2 cups

For the masala

1. Ginger - 2" piece
2. Green Chilly - 10
3. Garlic - 6-8 
4. Onion - 1 Big
5. Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
6. Mint Leaves - 1 cup
7. Oil - 3 Tbsp
8. Salt - as required

Preparation

• Grind ginger, green chilly, garlic and onion in  a mixer to a paste. Transfer into a bowl.

• Then grind grated coconut and mint leaves to a coarse paste.(Do not make a smooth paste, it should be grainy).Mix both the masalas.

• Heat a pan/kadai, add oil, then add the mixed  masala to oil, saute until its raw smell goes.Add salt.
• Now add the cooked rice to it. Mix the masala and rice well.
• Serve hot with cucumber-onion raitha, pickle and pappad.