MINT AND EGG FRIED RICE

Ingredients

2 cups of boiled 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

For Seasoning
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp jeera (cumin)
1/2 spoon of ground black pepper
curry leaves
5 to 6 spoons of vegetable oil
 

Method

 

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