The Paleo Recipe Book

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Indian Rice Recipe - Mint and Egg Fried Rice


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

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.