Hara Masala Pulao

This unique recipe of hara/green masala pulao was given to us by my younger sister’s friend,  I guess I was in 3^rd year of college at that time. You can serve it with roasted chicken, shami kebabs, or any other kebabs of your choice along with some cumin raita and salad….

 Ingredients:

 2 cups rice

2 cups chopped fresh coriander

1 cup mint leaves (the cup I use is 210 ml)

3 medium green chilies

½ tsp red chili powder

2 knorr chicken cubes

Salt (while adding salt keep in mind the chicken cubes also contains some salt)

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 ½ tsp ginger paste

1 ½ tsp garlic paste

¼ cup oil

Method:

Soak the rice for about 20 minutes and then boil. Let them cool down completely. Grind the chopped coriander, mint and green chilies in to a fine paste.  Heat oil in pan and add in the cumin seeds once the start to crackle add in the garlic paste, fry for 2 minutes and add in the ginger paste, fry for further 2 minutes then add in the green masala paste along with chicken cubes, red chili powder and salt, mix it well and stir it till the chicken cubes get dissolved (about 5 minutes). Now add the cooked rice and mix it with a light hand so all the rice is equally coated with green masala. put the heat on very low and cover the pan. Let it steam for about 5 minutes, that’s it, hara masala pulao is ready to be served.