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Mint and Egg Fried Rice

Ingredients

2 cups of bolied rice (Basmati or plain)
1 Bunch of Mint (Pudina) leaves ground to a paste
2 Eggs
Fresh chopped coriander
5 Green Tomatoes cut in long thin pieces
1 Big Onion cut in long thin pieces
Green Chilli Paste and Salt to taste

Seasoning :

Mustard, Jeera (Cumin), 1/2 spoon of Ground Black Pepper, Curry Leaves and 5 to 6 spoons of Vegetable Oil

Method :

1. Heat a pan on medium heat, add oil and mustard seeds.
2. When mustard splutters add cumin, ground pepper, curry leaves and fry them for 1 minute.
3. Add cut onion, fry for a minute, add cut tomato, fry for 2 minutes
4. Add green chilli paste, Mint paste and eggs.
5. Crack the eggs into the pan and beat them until it mixes well with tomato and onion pieces, fry for 2 minutes.
6. Meanwhile boil the rice in a rice cooker.
7. Mix the boiled rice with the above mixture and fry it for 4 to 5 minutes.
8. Garnish the Mint and Egg fried rice with chopped coriander and serve hot.

Note :

You can add a little lemon juice if the tomatoes are not sour enough.