Aloo Pudina Rice (Potato Mint Rice)

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup

Mint (Pudina) - 1 bunch 

Boiled Potato - 1

Onion (medium) - 2

Green peas - 1/4 cup

Green chillies - 3

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp

Bay leaf - 1

Coriander leaves - hand full

Salt - as per taste

Garam masala - 1/4 tbsp

Oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Cook rice with pinch of salt and keep aside.
2. Peel outer layer of potato and chop in to one inch pieces. 
3. Wash, clean and chop mint leaves and saute them until they completely shrink.
4. Now blend mint leaves along with green chillies, coriander leaves and salt (add little water if required).
5. Take a pan, heat oil, add cumin seeds and let them splutter. Add bay leaf and fry for 1 minute.
6. Add finely chopped onions and saute them until they are transparent. Now add blended mint paste and stir well. Then add boiled potatoes, green peas and cook until the gravy thickens.
7. Sprinkle garam masala all over the gravy and mix well. Finally add cooked rice and mix well. Saute it under very low flame for 2 minutes with closed lid and switch off the flame.

TIP: You can skip adding potato to prepare plain mint rice.