Ingredients

• 1 cup - rice.
• 1 bunch - pudina.
• 4 - onions, medium sized chopped.
• 4 - green chillies.
• 1 tsp - ginger, chopped.
• curry leaves for seasoning.
• mustard seeds for seasoning.
• turmeric powder- a pinch.
• 1.5 tsp - salt.
• 1 tbsp - oil.
• 2 cups - water, sufficient to cook rice.

How to Make Pudina Bath

• Wash rice and cook well.
• Grind pudina leaves, chillies and onions together without adding water.
• In a kadai, heat oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves and ginger pieces.
• Allow them to sizzle lightly in oil, then add the pudina-onion paste, cook on medium flame till the water evaporates and the paste starts leaving the kadai.
• Add a pinch of turmeric powder, salt and cook for sometime.
• Add the cooked rice and on a low flame mix the rice and the paste.
• Remove from the flame and close the vessel for a few minutes.
• Mix again and serve with raitha or dahi.