Mint Pulav

Ingredients:
Basmathi rice - 1 cup

Potatoes - 2 diced

Peas(shelled) -1/4 cup

Mint leaves - 1 small bunch

Grated fresh coconut - 3 Tbl spoon

Green chillies - 6 or 7

Onions - 2

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Lemon -1/2

Salt - as required

Cloves - 2

Cardamoms - 2

Bay leaf - 1

Method:

Wash rice and pressure cook with 2 cups of water.Allow it to cool. Separate the grains.Pressure cook the potatoes and peel. Mash the potatoes. Cook peas separately. Cut onions into 1 inch long pieces. Fry mint leaves in little oil and then grind it along with coconut, green chillies, ginger and turmeric powder.

Heat ghee/oil in a broad frying pan and fry garam masala spices and onions. Add ground paste with potatoes and peas. Stir constantly in medium flame till the raw smell goes.Add powdered salt and cooled, separated rice to this. Mix well in high flame till rice becomes steaming hot.Squeeze lemon juice, mix gently and remove from fire. Serve hot with onion raita.