Mint rice - Vegan style

 Mint rice in vegan style is very simple and easy to make. One of the best mixed rice.

Servings - 2

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup

Mint leaves - Handful

Coriander leaves - little

Green chili - 2

Green peas fresh/frozen - 1/4 cup

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

chana dal 1 tbsp.

Daniya - 1tbsp.

Ground nut - 1 tbsp.

Cashews - few

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Cooking oil - 1 tbsp. 

Method:

1. Pressure cook the raw rice and allow it to cool by spreading it on a plate and sprinkle some oil on it.
2. Clean the mint leaves, coriander leaves and green chili. 
3. Chop half of the mint leaves and keep aside.
4. Heat the pan and fry the ground nut and cashews in a little oil and keep aside.
5. Roast chana dal, daniya and green chili in the pan. Roast chana dal till it turns dark brown with a good aroma. Add the whole mint leaves and coriander leaves and sauté for few seconds.
   
   
   
6. Dry grind the grated coconut, green chili, roasted daniya, chana dal, mint leaves and coriander leaves.
7. Heat the remaining oil and add the mustard seeds. Once it splutters add green peas and the chopped mint leaves and sauté for few seconds.
   
   
   
8. Add the ground powder over the rice.
   
   
   
9. Add salt and add roasted ground nut and cashew to the rice.
10. Add this entire mix into the pan and mix thoroughly. Mint rice is ready.
11. Have it with chips/ appalam / vadam.