MINT CORN PULAO (Kugan )

MINT CORN PULAO

Ingredients:

1 cup basmathi cooked with salt


2 tbs oil
10 shallots
3 green chillies slit
1 piece of ginger
4 pips garlic
2 small pieces of cinnamon sticks
2 cardamom pods
2 cloves
1 cup mint leaves
½ cup coriander leaves
¼ cup grated coconut

2 tbs ghee
1 tbs oil
¼ cup corn kernals
Salt to taste
2 tbs lime juice

Method:
Cook the basmathi rice with the salt, ¾ cooked.
Strain and let it cool.

Heat 2 tbs of oil, add in the shallots and saute well till it browns.
Remove and keep aside.

In the same pan add in the green chillies, ginger, garlic,
cinnamon sticks, cardamom pods and cloves.
Saute well, add in the mint leaves , coriander leaves .
Saute for a minute, add in the grated coconut, stir for a moment.

Remove and let it cool, add in the sauteed onions.
Now in a mixie grind to a paste.
Now heat the oil and ghee in a non stick wok.
Add in the ground paste and stir fry till the raw smell goes.

Now add in the corn kernals, and the cooked rice.
Gently fluff up the rice, so that the paste is evenly distuburted.
Add in the lime juice, mix well.
Cover the pot and simmer on a very low flame for 10 minutes.
Remove, and serve with the brinjal raitha.


NOTE: Corn is added because, green peas will be of the same colour.
You can omit corn if you do not like it.