The title can be translated from Telugu to English as to Pudina - Mint leaves, Pappulu means Dal, as this rice gets a dose of three different Lentils as the main ingredient.
I was quite impressed with the way this rice leads itself to us!
Pudina, Pappula Annam ~ Mint Dal Rice Pulao
Ingredients Needed:
Rice - 1 cup
Onions - 1 medium
Mint leaves / Pudina - handful
Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Green Chilies - 2 -3 depending on your taste
Cloves, Cinamon, Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tsp
Dal Powder
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Bengal Gram/Channa Dal - 1 tsp
Split Yellow Moong Dal - 1 tsp
Fried Gram Dal - 1 tsp
Cooking Utensil - Non Stick pan with lid,
you can pressure cook but will have to adjust the water used.
Method to prepare:
To make the Dal Powder:
Dry roast all the dals one by one till they start leaving out aroma. Allow it to cool and grind to a fine powder.
To make the Rice:
Wash and soak the rice for 15 mins.
Heat a non stick pan with oil. Add the onions, fry till they are translucent. Add the ginger garlic paste, sauté well. Add the green chilies and mint leaves. Sauté till they wilt.
Then add the drained rice, salt, sauté for couple of mins, add the ground dal powder, spice powder and combine well.
Add 2 cups of water and bring to boil. Then reduce the heat and cook with lid covered for 10 mins till the rice is well cooked.
Notes:
- This should taste good with the regular sona masuri rice too, but Basmati always brings out fine aromas.
- The rice has a hint of mint with nutty flavour, quite good on its own, though you can always serve this with onion raitha.
Enjoy and have a great week ahead. I promise to be back with a stuffed paratha!
Simran says
A very interesting rice recipe!
Meena says
That is so funny...Srivalli...my daughter is in 4th grade as well...we look at her growing taller and I think pretty soon she will be as tall as I am!!!
Nice mint rice dish!!!
Priya says
Mint and dal together, definitely a delicious combo..
bhagyashri says
Same here, I so wish I could stop the time so that I could stop Shreya growing up so fast!
This Rice recipe sounds great, will definitely try it soon.
Latha says
I make pudhina pulav. This is even more healthier version. Delicious.
Preeti Kashyap says
Looks very very yummm! Never have I tried mint dal rice before.
Happy Cook says
I fully agree with you, time is just flying, it was like yesterday Shyama was in LKG and now she is in the last year of school.
Love the rice, one of the herbs i love is mint.
PJ says
Very true Srivalli,its just like yesterday that lil angel was born and now she is 2 years old!GOsh how time flies...
Nice idea of dal powder in mint rice.Got to try..
notyet100 says
looks so yum,..:-)
jayasree says
Liked the combo of dal powder and mint. Different kind of rice recipe.
Rekha says
This is an unusual recipe, at least for me. WOuld like to try this for sure.
Tina says
Yummy yummy pulav....
Jayashree says
So true, Valli.....they grow up so fast, you are left wondering what happened to that little baby you gave birth to???
Rachana Kothari says
Yummy!!!!! looks really good:)
Srivalli says
Thank you folks for dropping in!
Kanchana Shekhar says
Yes I totally agree....i cant believe my son is two and a half already....i still feel like he is a new born...until he plays all his toddler tantrum cards that is...nice mint rice recipe btw...
Ramya Vijaykumar says
Mint rice mmm that sounds very comfortable!!! Ofcourse as you said things just take a wild turn and they all seem to be so new within just a wink... Oh time goes by and ofcourse we oughta make our minds to see a sea change even when we think that its just a fraction of time pass by, but thats what it is right!!!
Rohini says
Mm.... Love the idea of mint and dal together.. Sure it wud delicious!! 🙂
srivatsa shandilya says
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