Friday 31 January 2014

Baby corn - Mint Pulao

An easy one-pot meal with an aromatic combination of flavorful mint and sweet little baby corn! It is also an ideal lunch box recipe. I came across the baby corn pulao in jeyeshriskitchen. She had used coriander and here I have substituted it with mint as I like mint a lot and moreover mom wanted the bunch of mint leaves that she got the previous day to be used when they are fresh itself!! I took this to office for lunch along with capsicum raita and it was yumm :)



INGREDIENTS
  • Basmathi Rice - 1 Cup
  • Baby Corn – 5
  • Mint leaves – 1 small bunch
  • Grated Coconut - 2 Tbslp
  • Onion – 1, sliced lengthwise
  • Garlic - 2 pods
  • Green Chilli - 2
  • Oil  - 2 Tbslp
  • Cardamom - 2
  • Water - 1 and 1/4 Cup
  • Salt - As required

METHOD

  1. Soak the basmati rice for 10 minutes in 1 and 1/4 cup of water
  2. Wash and  cut the baby corn into small rounds
  3. Grind the mint leaves, garlic, green chilli and coconut into a very smooth paste and keep aside
  4. In a pressure cooker, heat oil and fry the cardamoms for a few seconds. Next add the onions. Saute the onions till they turn transparent
  5. Now add the baby corns and saute for 2-3 minutes in low flame
  6. Add the ground mixture to the baby corn and onion. Mix well so that the mint mixture coats all the baby corns
  7. Add the rice, water and salt
  8. Pressure cook for a whistle and then simmer it for 5 more minutes
  9. Fluff it up with a fork so that the rice grains are separated. Serve with any raita

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