Pudina pulao

Description

Rice cooked with coconut milk and fresh mint (pudina) leaves.

Ingredients-1
1 cup Fresh mint leaves
4 stks Coriander leaves
1 inch Ginger
2 clove Garlic
2 nos Green chilli
Ingredients-2
2 nos Onion (cut lengthwise)
2 nos Bay leaf
4 nos Cloves
2 nos Cardamon
1 no Cinnamon
1 no Star anise
2 nos Java peppercorn
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1½ tsp Salt
4 tsp Oil
1 tsp Ghee
½ cup Coconut pieces
2 cup Basmati rice

Instructions

Wash and soak basmati rice for at least 15 minutes. Grind 1/2 cup coconut with water. Add that to 4 cups of hot water and drain the coconut milk, keep this aside.

Grind all ingredients from table-1  to a fine paste(picture does not show coriander, accidents happen) and keep it aside. Heat oil and ghee in a pan, add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, cardamon, star anise, java peppercorn(optional) and cumin seeds. Saute onions along with the spices until translucent. Now add the pudina paste along with salt. Fry for a while , wash and drain all water from basmati rice. Mix cooked pudina paste, basmati rice with coconut milk the cook in a rice cooker. Serve with raita or mirch salan.

Notes

Comments

15 responses to “Pudina pulao”

  1. Divya Avatar
    Divya

    Hi,
    You got very nice and innovative recipes. I tried your pudina pulao, came good but one thing,
    the rice was grainy but with little lumps. If
    I mix when hot it gets mushed. So how to avoid lumps and stir rice once cooked. (basmati rice 1:2 ratio for 2 whistles, I suite rice for 2 mins then add water)

    Thanks,
    Divya

  2. Sumi Avatar
    Sumi

    Hi Mullai,

    I tried the pudina pulao for lunch today.Turned out extremely well. was very aromatic and yummy:) Had it with pappad and curd.

  3. Anitha Avatar
    Anitha

    today i tried pudina pulov it s dam good… thanks a lot to have this website

  4. Vaishnavi Avatar
    Vaishnavi

    Oops…Pressed Post button b4 thanking u…Thanks for this wonderful recipe…

  5. Vaishnavi Avatar
    Vaishnavi

    Mullai Madam,

    I was bored on what to cook for Saturday when ur website came to the rescue…I know this is an old post of urs but it is still fresh.Cooked this for Saturday’s lunch and came out superb.Measurements are just perfect. My husband loved it, Served it with Okra fry, Raitha and papad…Just toasted cashews in ghee and added at the end as my husband loves cashews…

  6. roshu Avatar
    roshu

    I tried out this recipe tonoght and it turned out to be sooooooooooo nice….Thanks so much for the recipe…Keep up the good job… 🙂

  7. laksbaby Avatar
    laksbaby

    Hello Mullai, Thank You so much for this awesome recipe.I tried this recipe yesterday night,beleive me it turned out awesome, but i added extra greenchillies and mint also for more flavour.You are great. – Sandhya

  8. seema Avatar
    seema

    Tried this 2 days back mullai, came out gr888. tks for the nice recipe.

  9. Radhika suresh Avatar
    Radhika suresh

    Hi mullai i tried this recipe today it came out well.tnanks.

  10. shan Avatar
    shan

    Mullai ma’am, i just tried Pudina Pulao it turned out excellent. Thanx for the perfect measurements. The taste was superb.

  11. Mekala Ashokkumar Avatar
    Mekala Ashokkumar

    I tried the recipe and it came out real good. Thanks Mullai.

  12. suriyaa Avatar
    suriyaa

    hi i tried this it came out well thanku …

    1. Mullai Avatar
      Mullai

      Hello Suriyaa,

        Thanks for your comments. Try our member category recipes too.

  13. PriyaManjunath Avatar
    PriyaManjunath

    hi,
    I tried this recipe yesterday it was tasty..i also added potato cubes & little lemon juice before serving.

    Thanks
    Priya

  14. Diya Avatar
    Diya

    Hi,

    Thanks for sharing the recipe. Could you tell me what the bud-headed spice is in the photo? Its to the right of the cinnamon sticks. Is it the mentioned ingredient- java pepper? Iam confused coz the images for java pepper(cubeb)that came up in google search do not look like the ones in this picture…Hope to hear back soon.