Tomato-Mint Pulao

Ingredients

Rice - 2 cups
1 cinnamon stick
2-3 bay leaves
4-5 cloves
4-5 pepper corns
1 medium sized onion chopped
1 large tomato finely chopped
1 small bunch of mint (pudina)
oil - 3 tbsp
jeera - 1tbspn
2 green chillies chopped
coriander for garnishing
lemon juice- 1/2 tbspn
salt as per taste

Method:

1. Cook rice with 4 cups of water in a rice cooker or pressure cooker with the spices.
2. Let it cool.
3. In a kadai add oil.
4. Add jeera and fry till brown. Add green chillies.
5. Then add onion and tomatoes. Fry well.
6. We fry tomatoes with onion so that the tomato juice is mixed with onions well.
7. Then add the rice. Mix well.
8. Add salt lemon juice and chopped pudina leaves. Mix well.
9. Garnish with coriander and serve steaming hot.