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Pudina Pulao / Mint Pulao

August 15, 2010 by Sharmilee J 45 Comments

If I say Pudina Pulao, my family members wud turn back to run….. not that it tastes that bad but I have made it around 3-4 times in the past 1 month and they are bored of it. It was because that I wasnt satisfied each time with my click I had to repeatedly cook it 😉 Not that this pic satisfied me but this was ok among the others. Taste wise no complaints from them…even my lil one likes it when mixed with raita inspite of her being a sambar girl….Yes she loves sambar so much that she wants sambar rice everyday 🙂 I always luv the flavour of puthina either in chutney or thovayal or biriyani. To my mother biriyani is only when u add puthina she wudnt go for biriyani if puthina is missing, I’ve heard this from my MIL too.

Pudina Pulav/Pulao Recipe

Ingredients:
  • Rice – 1 cup (I used basmati rice)
  • Onion – 1 chopped lengthwise
  • Potato – 1
  • Ginger garlic paste – 3 tsp
  • Cloves – 2
  • Cardamom pod – 1
  • Cinnamon – 1/2 inch piece
  • Ghee – 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
Grind to smooth paste
  • Puthina leaves – 1 bunch (it will come to around 1/2 cup)
  • Coconut – 2 tbsp
  • Tomato – 1/2
  • Green Chillies – 1
Method:
1. Soak the rice in water for 30mins. Drain rice and keep aside.
2. Grind the pudina leaves with the coconut, green chillies and tomatoes to a fine paste.
3. Heat ghee in a pressure cooker, add cardamom, cloves and cinamom, and saute for about a minute Then add the ginger garlic paste fry for 2mins next add chopped onions and saute until the onions turn light brown.
4. Add the ground paste to the pan and fry till raw smell of tomatos and puthina goes off. Now add potato, required salt and basmati rice and mix well with the masalas and fry for 2-3 mins.
5.Add 1.5 cups of water to the above mixture and pressure cook it for 8-9mins.When the pressure releases gently turn over taking care not to break the rice.You can garnish with ghee fried cashews.
NOTE: I usually use 1:1.5 cups as rice:water ratio when rice is soaked for 30mins.

Pudina Pulav/Pulao Recipe

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Comments

  1. Sanjeeta kk says

    August 15, 2010 at 3:35 pm

    Lovely rice Sharmilee, good clicks. Like the coconut paste in the recipe.

    Reply
  2. Hari Chandana says

    August 15, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    Woww.. yummy and aromatic pulao.. looks perfect!!

    Reply
  3. Nithya says

    August 15, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Wow.. this looks perfect as a dish and the pic is good too 🙂

    I like the flavor of mint in my dishes too. Same pinch 🙂

    Reply
  4. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

    August 15, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    Simply beautiful and lovely. I will surely try this one 🙂

    Reply
  5. Torviewtoronto says

    August 15, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    delicious colourful rice

    Reply
  6. Kairali sisters says

    August 16, 2010 at 3:22 am

    Lovely, flavorful rice Sharmi…

    Reply
  7. Satya says

    August 16, 2010 at 4:11 am

    delicious rice …love the mint flavor….ur rice looks soooo inviting

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

    Reply
  8. Nitha says

    August 16, 2010 at 4:23 am

    Delicious rice…

    Reply
  9. Prathibha says

    August 16, 2010 at 5:39 am

    Ha ha…I liked ur repeated cooking for the photography….Mint pulao looks yumm..I love the flavor of mint..

    Reply
  10. jeyashrisuresh says

    August 16, 2010 at 6:41 am

    i too do this especially for the recipe which i posted now(bisibelabath).
    Mint puloa looks very yummy and ur version of adding tomatoes is quite intersting.

    Reply
  11. RAKS KITCHEN says

    August 16, 2010 at 7:07 am

    Oh,thanks to blogging and your photography mania 😛 But sure it looks very tempting,the rice grains looks separate and perfectly cooked 🙂

    Reply
  12. chaitrali pathak says

    August 16, 2010 at 7:39 am

    delicious rice…love the minty flavour

    Reply
  13. suma says

    August 16, 2010 at 9:24 am

    You made the dish repeatedly to get a good click is it:-))?? i do not have much patience or skills when it comes to photography. I make do with whatever looks like the better of my pics and I guess its obvious from the pics on my blog. The rice looks perfect!!

    Reply
  14. Hamaree Rasoi says

    August 16, 2010 at 10:46 am

    Adding coconut is new to me… Yeah sometime when I'm not happy with my click I too repeat the same dish within the same week 😉
    Delicious and aromatic rice
    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  15. lavi says

    August 16, 2010 at 11:19 am

    Pic is the Proof of the recipe. this is my favourite dish! have to try by this week.

    Reply
  16. GEETHA ACHAL says

    August 16, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Its looks so tempting and nice click….Thanks for sharing…

    Reply
  17. Sarah Naveen says

    August 16, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    Its such a comfort food…flavorful and yummy!!!

    Reply
  18. Shabitha Karthikeyan says

    August 16, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Lovely rice.I too love the addition of pudhina in food the aroma freshens me..That is a great click Sharmi !!!

    Reply
  19. Gulmohar says

    August 16, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    Love this flavorful rice…yumm

    Reply
  20. Sharmilee! :) says

    August 16, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    Thanks gals…U all make me feel now the repetition of this rice for the sake of click was worth it 🙂

    Reply
  21. Yummy Team says

    August 16, 2010 at 6:31 pm

    Lovely rice..Love this recipe, will surely try it sometime..You are so very right, mint (and cilantro) brings out a wonderful flavour in biriyanis..I cant even think of preparing a biriyani without those herbs..

    I tried your ovenroasted chickpeas last week and it tasted really crispy and yummy..Thanks a lot for sharing…

    Reply
  22. Radhika says

    August 16, 2010 at 9:08 pm

    I know what you are saying Sharmilee, I try couple of time even more before I can post few recipes. But you have given us a winner recipe.It makes me drool yaar.

    Reply
  23. Rachana says

    August 16, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    The pudina rice looks great! Yumm!

    Reply
  24. Sharmilee! :) says

    August 17, 2010 at 1:31 am

    @Yummy Team : Thanks Yummy Team for trying out channa roast and letting me know!

    Reply
  25. jayasree says

    August 17, 2010 at 9:45 am

    Rice looks very delectable…Tempting color.

    Reply
  26. Premalatha Aravindhan says

    August 17, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    wow wat a delicious pulao,luks perfect…

    Reply
  27. Brinthakuppusamy says

    November 30, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    I wanted to try Mint rice. I had a doubt whether to add tomato or not; i preparred it without tomato. Then I saw internet and added tomato. Thanks to u for the receipe

    Brintha Kuppusamy, Sammamish, Seattle

    Reply
  28. Sharmilee! :) says

    November 30, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    @Brintha: I have used 1/2 tomato, if you want u can use 1 tomato also….Tomato brings a nice flavour to this pulao

    Reply
  29. Vidya Mohan says

    March 4, 2011 at 8:51 am

    i tried this today and it became hit in my office 🙂 my hubby too liked it 🙂

    Reply
  30. karkum says

    June 19, 2011 at 8:09 am

    i tried tis recepie came out so well tanku

    Reply
  31. Mini Madhusudan says

    June 9, 2012 at 1:05 am

    This looks yummy and i am going to try it out for this weekend 🙂

    Reply
  32. Merlyn says

    September 3, 2012 at 10:54 am

    hi sharmi..
    i tried this for lunch today…i used 1 whole tomato instead of half.. d color of d rice was like of biryani n not like how its in d pic 🙁
    should i have added more mint leaves? it tasted good.. but d color!?

    Reply
  33. Sharmilee! :) says

    September 3, 2012 at 11:11 am

    @Mwrlyn : Yes the color depends…when you add more tomatoes the color will change….yeah next time add in more mint leaves to get the green color

    Reply
  34. Merlyn says

    September 5, 2012 at 8:34 am

    ok sharmi…thank u so much. will do tht nxt time!

    Reply
  35. kalyani says

    November 21, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    delicious pulao…am going to try this tomorrow…how many whistles required while pressure cooking?awaiting for ur reply

    Reply
  36. Sharmilee! :) says

    November 21, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    @Kalyani : You can leave for 3-4 whistles

    Reply
  37. kalyani says

    November 21, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    thanks a lot for ur instant reply:-) will try out n update u

    Reply
  38. Manju says

    January 1, 2013 at 6:57 am

    Hi sharmi tried this recipe today came out soo well.my 2yr old kid loved the rice. thanks for sharing the recipe
    Manju

    Reply
  39. Unknown says

    March 13, 2016 at 7:11 am

    Sharmi can I cook it without whistle

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      March 13, 2016 at 4:06 pm

      Yes you can do that too

      Reply
  40. BageerathiMutharasu says

    December 15, 2016 at 10:05 am

    its very tasty. different taste. I like very much and our family also. thank you so much.

    Reply
  41. Dhurga says

    August 17, 2017 at 3:15 pm

    Very nice .. my kutty loved it.. thanks fr ur lunch box recipes.. very useful

    Reply
  42. Melisha noronha says

    November 5, 2017 at 2:32 pm

    I made this today and it was amazing. I tripled the recipe because I was making it for two meals. I added soya chunks as well and it was a good addition. Thank you for your simple yet yummy recipes.

    Reply
  43. Karthika says

    December 11, 2018 at 1:15 pm

    Hi
    Can we use coriander leaves instead of pudhina and follow the same recipe?any change should be done?

    Reply
    • Sharmilee J says

      March 16, 2019 at 6:26 pm

      you can replace and try

      Reply

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