Mint Pilaf

Serves: 4~5
Preparation time: 45min 

Cooking time: 30min 

Ingredients

* Basmati Rice - 2cup

* Mint - 50gm
* Potato - 1nos
* Carrot - 1nos
* Onion - 2nos

* Green Chilli - 4~5nos

* Ginger - 20gm 

* Garlic - 10cloves
* Coconut - ½cup
* Cinnamon - small piece
* Clove - 2~3nos
* Salt - 1tsp (adjust to your taste)
* Ghee - 2tbsp
* Oil - 2tbsp

Method

* Soak basmati rice for about 20~30min
* Dry soaked rice well
* Grind mint, green chilli, coconut, ginger, garlic, clove, cinnamon into fine paste in a mixer

* Cut onions in long fashion
* Heat oil in a pan

* Fry cut onions until brown

* Add the ground mint paste and cook for 2~3min

* Simultaneously heat ghee in another pan

* Add the rice and stir until rice changes to transparent color [do not burn/roast it]

* Now add the rice to onion and mint mix and mix well

* Add potato, carrot and salt

* You could open cook or cook in an electric cooker [do not pressure cook]

Note: 

* Add just enough water to the rice, if you more water the rice will be over cooked

* After cooking do not mix the rice hard

* Serve hot with onion raita or cucumber tomato raita

* If you have grill you could grill the cooked rice in a porcelain bowl, that will roast the top portion of rice