Coriander Rice

I ran out of tomatoes and I thought of making some recipe that can go without tomatoes. I though about Coriander Rice immediately and since I bought fresh coriander leaves from the store just y’day, I thought coriander would give out a nice flavor to the rice.

You need…

1 bunch of coriander
1 medium onion, chopped
2 green chillies or according to your spice levels
½ tbsp dry mint powder or few fresh mint leaves
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
salt to taste
lemon optional
1 cup cooked rice (with salt)

For seasoning:

1 tbsp jeera
¼ tbsp each of rai/mustard, chana dal, urad dal
2 or 3 red chillies
a pinch of hing

1. Heat oil in a pan, add seasoning stuff and sauté it for a minute on a low heat.
2. Add onions and fry them till they turn brown.
3. Make a paste of coriander and green chillies with little salt and add it to the above mixture.
4. Also add mint, ginger garlic paste to the above mixture and cook till the raw smells goes. (You can add only ginger if you don’t like garlic).
5. Add some roasted cashew nuts at the end.
6. Mix with cooked rice and add little lemon if you like.
   
   Serve it as it is or with yogurt.