Healthy Chickpea And Mint Rice Recipe

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Source: www.aromatic-cooking.blogspot.in

Prep Time 15 Minutes

Cooking Time 10 Minutes

Servings 3-4

Rating

Chickpea and Mint Rice is an easy one pot meal and it is made with a versatile mixture of rice chickpea, and mint leaves. This dish is perfect when you want to have something different but also healthy. This dish has a refreshing flavor of mints and crunchy taste of chickpea. It is perfect for a weekend lunch or dinner and also can be packed in your lunch box.

Ingredients

1/2 cupboiled kabuli chana (white chick peas)
1/4 cupfinely chopped mint leaves (phudina) leaves
2 cupssoaked and cooked brown rice
1 tspoil
1 tspfinely chopped garlic (lehsun)
1/2 cupthinly sliced onions
1bay leaf (tej patta)
1/2 cupchopped and boiled mixed vegetables (french beans , carrots and green peas)
saltto taste
1 tspgreen chili paste
1/2 tsplemon juice

For Cooking Brown Rice

3/4 cupbrown rice
saltto taste

Directions

For Cooking Brown Rice

Soak the brown rice in enough water for 30 minutes after 30 min, drain the water from the rice.
In a pressure cooker, add the soaked the brown rice with 1 cup of water in a pressure cooker and pressure cook for 35 min or until the rice is soft.
Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid and switch off the flame and keep it aside.

How to proceed

Heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan, add the garlic, onions and bay leaf and fry on a medium flame and fry till the onions turn brown.
Add the cooked brown rice, boiled kabuli chana, all the mixed vegetables and salt, mix it well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the green chili paste, chopped mint leaves and lemon juice, mix it well and cook on a medium flame for a minute and once done, switch off the flame.
Serve it hot with any raita of your choice.

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