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Mint Rice-Pudina Pulao with Tomato Thayir Pachadi

November 26, 2012 by PadhuSankar 46 Comments

This is a very simple and flavorful rice perfect for bachelors and busy women. I have abundant mint growing in my garden, so I used freshly plucked mint leaves to prepare this pulao. When preparing this pulao, my whole house was filled with the aroma of fresh homegrown mint. We enjoyed piping hot mint pulao prepared with home grown mint leaves along with tomato pachadi. Today we will learn how to prepare mint pulao/pudina sadam and thakkali thayir pachadi/ tomato pachadi following our easy recipes.

Mint Pulao-Pudina Pulao

Mint Pulao-Pudina Sadam


Mint Pulao-Pudina Sadam

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 2
 Recipe Category: Rice-Lunch-Mint
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Basmati rice or raw rice – 1 cup
   Onion – 2
   Mint leaves – 1 medium sized bunch or 1 cup tightly packed
   Green chilli – 2
   Ginger – 1 inch piece
   Fresh peas – fistful (optional)
   Fresh lemon juice -1 tbsp or juice of half a small lemon
   Salt needed

   For the seasoning

   Oil – 2 tbsp
   Cardamom -1
   Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
   Cloves – 2

Preparation


Wash mint leaves and grind it to a fine paste along with half an onion (optional), 1-2 green chilli and a small piece of ginger adding very less water.

Soak basmati rice for 20 minutes, drain and keep it aside.

how to make pudina pulao (pudina sadam)

Method


Heat oil in a pan, add the ingredients mentioned under seasoning, saute for a few seconds, then add thinly sliced onions and saute till onions turn pink.

Add the ground paste and saute till the raw flavor of the mint paste goes. If you have fresh peas with you, then you can add a handful of fresh peas now.

Add drained rice, salt needed (for 1 cup rice it is approximately 2 tsp flat salt), juice of half a lemon, and 1 3/4 cup of water. Transfer it to another vessel (in case if you have done it in kadai) and pressure cook for 3 whistles and switch off.

In case, if you are cooking directly in the pressure cooker/pan as shown above, pressure cook for 1 whistle and simmer for another 5-6 minutes. Switch off and open the cooker once the pressure subsides.

Another method for cooking directly in the pressure cooker – You can cook as I have done in my Vegetable biryani in Pressure cooker.

Variations – You can add 1 small potato (peeled and chopped) along with peas (step -2) if you like.

You can grind 1/4 cup of freshly grated coconut along with mint.

You can also cook rice separately and mint separately and mix both together. In that case, you cook rice as you normally do but I do not recommend this unless you have leftover rice.

Now we will learn a different style of making tomato pachadi/raita –

Tomato Thayir Pachadi (South Indian style)

Tomato – 4
Onion -1
Green chilli -1 slit
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Curd/Plain yogurt – 1 cup (chilled)

For the seasoning

Oil -1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 3/4 tsp

Method 


Put tomatoes in hot water for 10 minutes.

Peel the skin and chop it into medium sized pieces.

Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add green chilli, chopped tomatoes and saute for a few minutes, till the water evaporates. Leave it to cool.

Add finely chopped raw onions, finely chopped coriander leaves and salt needed to the above.

Mix whisked curd and serve with any pulao.

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Comments

  1. Aruna Manikandan

    November 26, 2012 at 8:30 am

    delicious and tempting combo dear 🙂

    Reply
  2. Arthy Suman

    November 26, 2012 at 9:57 am

    Very healthy pulao…I love it…

    Reply
  3. WeR SAHM

    November 26, 2012 at 10:35 am

    love this combo…. pacahdi is new to me…. so delicious looking…

    Reply
  4. Sutapa

    November 26, 2012 at 11:12 am

    …..super delicious!:)

    Reply
  5. Hamaree Rasoi

    November 26, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Love the color of tomato pachadi…very good combo

    Reply
  6. Priya

    November 26, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    Flavourful mint rice, both makes me hungry.

    Reply
  7. DivyaGCP

    November 26, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    Delicious combination..

    Reply
  8. divya

    November 26, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    I am just drooling over it 🙂

    Reply
  9. Rani Acharyulu

    November 27, 2012 at 2:19 am

    Delicious combo,looks so tempting.

    Reply
  10. Gajus kitchen

    November 27, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    Flavourful and tempting mint rice with a nice raita combination

    Reply
  11. karthika srinivasan

    February 11, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    can we add garam masala for seasoning.. instead of cinnamon ,Cardamom and Cloves

    Reply
  12. PadhuSankar

    February 12, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    I feel by adding garam masala powder for seasoning, it will be too spicy and the mint flavor will not be there. But you can try seasoning a little if you cannot get the whole spices.

    Reply
  13. Princy Vinoth

    February 28, 2013 at 4:09 am

    I'm gng to try this just now.

    Reply
  14. megha

    April 3, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    sounds delicious !! well i am gona try it soon. Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  15. megha

    April 3, 2013 at 8:10 pm

    too good recipe !! worth trying .

    Reply
  16. krithika as

    September 5, 2013 at 5:13 am

    mam your blog is so helpful for me … as i am just learn to cook …. your recipie motivates me so much … everday i suprise my family members by cooking ur dishes … great job mam

    Reply
  17. Meena Narayan

    October 30, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    nice recipe shall v add cashews or badam with grinding

    Reply
  18. Mahalakshmi

    December 25, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    Tried this today and it was perfect! I added some potatoes and soya meal maker too.

    Reply
  19. Ram Lingam

    March 4, 2014 at 3:40 am

    Vry Vry nice pulav

    Reply
  20. karthik shimoga

    April 15, 2014 at 1:56 pm

    Wikifood for a bachelor like me.. Very nice tips..

    Reply
  21. MHM

    May 9, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    Hi, I tried this and it got overcooked – 3 whistles was too long! I'm bummed because it would have been delicious! It is like a sludge…I'm going to try it again though sometime, and instead of pressure cooking I'll just let it cook the normal way.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      May 13, 2014 at 11:09 am

      The ratio of rice is to water depends on the quality of rice. For the rice I used it needed 3 whistles to get soft rice. I will tell you another method- Instead of pressure cooking, cook without the weight on low flame, once it is half cooked, open the cooker, stir the contents and close it with weight. Cook simmered for another 3-4 minutes. You will know the exact quantity of water needed for the rice you use with practice.

      Reply
    • Aravind Arunachalam

      May 11, 2016 at 12:29 am

      I tried just 2 whistles and it turned out well. I think you are right. It depends on the quality of the rice.

      Reply
  22. Vinu

    June 8, 2014 at 3:08 am

    Amazing recipe Padhu.I am your big fan and love most of your recipes.As usual, I tried Purina rice and it turned out yummy. Thank you so much.

    Reply
  23. Anonymous

    June 9, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    Very well explained dish.. and a great combo with the tomato pachidi! Tops my to-do list !

    Reply
  24. vandu

    November 3, 2014 at 7:08 am

    My husband loved it coz it was like his mom's recipe. The tomato raita recipe was different from mine and completely out of the world!

    Reply
  25. DeepaRani Natarajan

    August 1, 2015 at 2:06 pm

    Very yummy recipe 🙂 my 2 year old loved it

    Reply
  26. GAJALAKSHMI

    September 24, 2015 at 3:43 am

    I am going to try today

    Reply
  27. Suganyaa Parivallal

    October 6, 2015 at 6:11 am

    I tried today both the dishes and it had come out so well. thank you so much and it tasted yummy!!!

    Reply
  28. poornima g

    November 4, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    Hi padhu, all ur recepies are too good n very helpful. I am beginner n everyday i cook one dish looking at ur blog n it comes out well.
    Can I add paneer to this.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 5, 2015 at 8:35 am

      Thank you Poornima for liking my recipes. Glad you found it useful. Yes , you can add paneer to this. Slightly saute paneer in ghee/oil and then add.

      Reply
    • Bharathi Manian

      February 3, 2016 at 11:27 am

      Hi pads, is lemon juice needed or optional

      Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 4, 2016 at 7:40 am

      Lemon juice is optional but if you add it, you will get fluffy rice.

      Reply
    • Aravind Arunachalam

      May 11, 2016 at 12:36 am

      Sad… I didn't have lemon juice. Will try this next time !

      Reply
  29. Ambika Lakshmi

    April 7, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    Purina rice and raitha came out amazing everyone liked in home thanks lot

    Reply
  30. Crazylove81

    May 27, 2016 at 4:43 am

    It came out perfect ! Thank you. We all loved it.

    Reply
  31. Priya

    August 23, 2016 at 6:49 am

    Hi Padhu many thanks for this wonderful blog…have tried few recipes and turns out superb..

    Reply
  32. Unknown

    April 10, 2017 at 4:03 am

    Very nice recipe
    Came out well

    Reply
  33. Sukhada

    May 2, 2017 at 6:34 am

    Very simple, quick and tasty recipe. I tried it and my just kid enjoyed it along with tomato pachadi. Thanks.

    Reply
  34. Sukhada

    May 2, 2017 at 6:40 am

    Very nice recipe, I didn't have lemon juice but still liked the flavor and my hubby and kid enjoyed the rice n pachadi combo. Thanks for sharing your quick n tasty recipe.

    Reply
  35. Unknown

    July 11, 2018 at 1:06 am

    Delicious Mint pulav I made as per your recipe. It turned out well .Combo was super. Thank you Padhu .

    Reply
  36. Aarthi

    November 9, 2018 at 10:47 am

    Hi, in case we add paneer, when should we add it ?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 10, 2018 at 9:23 am

      You can add in the end.Saute paneer in a little oil and add.

      Reply
  37. Unknown

    May 8, 2019 at 10:39 am

    Cooked puthina rice today.. came out well… Thank you so much for sharing receipe..

    Reply
  38. Alamu

    March 21, 2020 at 3:44 am

    Cooked pudhina rice…it was yummy….thanks mam….

    Reply
  39. Shalini

    November 9, 2024 at 3:11 am

    Mam your website I am using for years. Recipe measurements and method is perfect and makes yummy food. My kids like my cooking very much and your part is in this feedback mam. Thankful to you and your hard work.

    Reply

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