Ingredients:

• Basmati Rice – 1 cup
• Mint – 100 g
• Coriander leaves – 100 g
• Garlic – 10 Cloves
• Ginger – 1 inch
• Onion chopped – 1 cup
• Peas – 1/2 cup
• Capsicum chopped – 1/2 cup
• Mustard – 1 tsp
• chenna dal – 1 tsp
• Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp –
• Garam Masala powder – 1 tsp
• Oil – 4 tbsp for frying
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash and cook rice with 1.5 cup of water and set aside.
2. Clean and wash mint and coriander leaves. Grind them into a paste in a mixer.
3. In a frying pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds.
4. After it splutters, add chenna dal, garlic, chopped onion, chopped ginger and fry till onion is golden brown.
5. Then, add capsicum and peas and fry again till capsicum is soft.
6. Now, add salt and turmeric powder over this.
7. Add the red chilli powder, cook till the raw smell vanishes and oil separates.
8. Add mint and coriander paste over this and cook for a minute.
9. Over this, add the garam masala and mix well.
10. Over this gravy spread the cooked rice and mix well.
11. Serve hot with onion raita.

Recipe courtesy of Prema Rajesh