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26th October 2015

Mint Coriander Pulao Rice Recipe

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Mint Coriander Pulao Rice Recipe

Being a Vegetarian by choice, as a family, Vegetables, Herbs & Fruits are a major chunk in my grocery bill. After bringing them home from the farmer’s market or the super grocer, I end up wrapping the herbs either in plastic bag or keep them loosely wrapped in a kitchen towel to avoid getting rotten quickly. With the rest of the vegetables like Cabbage, Carrots,  Chayote and Peppers, they are either stored as it is or in a very thin plastic bag. After a week, by any chance if they are not cooked up , they slowly begin to rot.  Sometimes, just incase if I have bought them in larger quantity, I would end of chopping them into pieces, pack them in a ziplock and put it away in the freezer compartment.

OXO was kind enough to send me two of their produce keepers to conduct an experiment and I totally loved it. Honestly I wasn’t expecting much of a difference, but the fact is , THERE IS !!

Mint Coriander Pulao Rice Recipe

How did I Test?

For One Week, I stored Coriander leaves & Mint Leaves in OXO’s Green Saver Collection and stored the same produce in plastic bags from the produce section for a week’s period in the fridge compartment for comparison.

Outcome !!

        After a week, the herbs  appeared to stay fresher, greener in OXO’s produce keepers than in the Ziploc or plastic bags. The ones in Plastic bag had slowly began to wilt away.

Mint Coriander Pulao Rice Recipe

With the herbs from the OXO produce keepers, I used them up to cook up this delicious herb infused Pulao – Mint coriander Pulao. A little twist to my regular vegetable pulao. Serve them with some Raitha or just spiced yogurt.

 Mint Coriander Pulao Rice
Serves 2-3 | Cooking Time: 20 Minutes | Total Time Taken: 1 hour

Mint Coriander Pulao Rice Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

 

1 Cup Basmati Rice
1/2 Cup Vegetables – diced carrot+ peas
1 Small Onion finely sliced
1 tsp freshly grated ginger
1 tblspn of Ghee / melted butter
a good squeeze of lemon juice
1/4 of Cardamom+Cinnamon and cloves powder mix
Salt to taste
To grind
1/2 of Coriander Leaves
 1/2 Cup of Mint Leaves
1 Green Chilli
1 tsp coriander powder
Whole Spices
2 Small Bayleaves
1’ Cinnamon Stick
1 Star anise
1 Bada Elachi
Garnish
finely chopped coriander leaves
a sprig of mint leaves
DIRECTIONS:
Wash Basmati rice under running tap water twice. Drain all the water and set the rice aside for 30 minutes.Prepare a paste in a blender by grinding coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilli and coriander powder. If needed at 2- 3 tsp of water.
Heat Ghee/Oil in a non-stick pan with a tightly fitted lid. Drop in whole spices,sauté for 2 minutes.
Add sliced onions, freshly grated ginger and saute until translucent.Add chopped vegetables, saute for 2 more min. Stir in the Basmati rice and sauté until it gets nearly dry . Add the Prepared green paste and mix well.
Add in 1.5 Cups of Water of boiled water from the kettle and adjust the salt. . Squeeze in some fresh lemon juice and the pinch of spice mix. Set the flame to medium.
Once the water from the pulao is nearly evaporated, cover, and then reduce the setting to lowest. Allow the rice to cook for 5 minutes and switch off the gas. Even if the gas is turned off, I would let the rice be covered for another 5 minutes. Rice cooks with the leftover steam. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and mint sprig.
Fluffy vegetable rice is ready to be served along with Curry or a Raitha.

 

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Mint Coriander Pulao Rice

5 from 6 votes
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Author: Sandhya Hariharan

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Basmati Rice
  • 1/2 Cup Vegetables - diced carrot+ peas
  • 1 Small Onion finely sliced
  • 1 tsp freshly grated ginger
  • 1 tblspn of Ghee / melted butter
  • a good squeeze of lemon juice
  • 1/4 of Cardamom+Cinnamon and cloves powder mix
  • Salt to taste

To grind

  • 1/2 of Coriander Leaves
  • 1/2 Cup of Mint Leaves
  • 1 Green Chilli
  • 1 tsp coriander powder

Whole Spices

  • 2 Small Bayleaves
  • 1 ’ Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 Star anise
  • 1 Bada Elachi

Garnish

  • coriander leaves, finely chopped
  • a sprig of mint leaves

Instructions

  • Wash Basmati rice under running tap water twice. Drain all the water and set the rice aside for 30 minutes.Prepare a paste in a blender by grinding coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilli and coriander powder. If needed at 2- 3 tsp of water.
  • Heat Ghee/Oil in a non-stick pan with a tightly fitted lid. Drop in whole spices,sauté for 2 minutes.
  • Add sliced onions, freshly grated ginger and saute until translucent.Add chopped vegetables, saute for 2 more min. Stir in the Basmati rice and sauté until it gets nearly dry . Add the Prepared green paste and mix well.
  • Add in 1.5 Cups of Water of boiled water from the kettle and adjust the salt. . Squeeze in some fresh lemon juice and the pinch of spice mix. Set the flame to medium.
  • Once the water from the pulao is nearly evaporated, cover, and then reduce the setting to lowest. Allow the rice to cook for 5 minutes and switch off the gas. Even if the gas is turned off, I would let the rice be covered for another 5 minutes. Rice cooks with the leftover steam. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and mint sprig.
  • Fluffy vegetable rice is ready to be served along with Curry or a Raitha.
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  1. Sathya- MyKitchenodyssey says

    26th October 2015 at 10:11 pm

    Absolutely love this pulao and the oxo product ..is the product available in US? thinking that it will be available, where can i find those ?

    Reply
  2. storyof cooks says

    26th October 2015 at 10:35 pm

    5 stars
    Love the pictures!! ❤️❤️ the produce keeper sounds like a wise idea to save herbs!

    Reply
  3. Sandhya says

    26th October 2015 at 10:53 pm

    Thank you Sathya. It is available in US. Head to Amazon .. you may find it.

    Reply
  4. Sandhya Hariharan says

    26th October 2015 at 10:56 pm

    Thank you dear for your lovely comments. It is very much Dolphia. The herbs are fresh for the last 2 weeks in the produce keepers, which I couldn't have expected otherwise.

    Reply
  5. Remya Elizabeth Anish says

    27th October 2015 at 12:39 am

    5 stars
    Delicious rice recipe and nice review about the product 🙂

    Reply
  6. Jyothi Rajesh says

    27th October 2015 at 2:42 am

    5 stars
    As always beautiful pics Sandy! What a great product to store herbs, wish we can get that in India 😀

    Reply
  7. Rafeeda AR says

    27th October 2015 at 5:45 am

    5 stars
    That second last picture of the pulao made my tummy growl! I wish I could get this stuff here, I always struggle with my bunch of coriander and mint and always end up throwing it… 🙁

    Reply
  8. Rekha Shivakumar says

    27th October 2015 at 7:10 pm

    5 stars
    Beautiful pictures Sandhya..Thanks for writing about this product. To be frank I have never heard about it before 🙂 Very informative post

    Reply
  9. Anupa Joseph (Palaharam) says

    28th October 2015 at 11:26 am

    5 stars
    the product sounds amazing… I store the leaves wrapped in kitchen towel but like you said they loose their charm in a weeks time..

    Yummy pulao …great clicks

    Reply

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