Main Ingredients

3 cups soaked and cooked long grain rice (Basmati chawal)

3/4 cup paneer (cottage cheese) cubes

1 tbsp ghee

2 cardamom (elaichi)

2 bay leaf (tejpatta)

salt to taste

To Be Blended Into A Smooth Mint Paste (without Using Any Water)

1/2 cup chopped mint leaves (phudina)

1/2 cup sliced onions

1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)

5 black peppercorns (kalimirch)

2 tsp coriander (dhania) seeds

1 tsp roughly chopped ginger (adrak)

2 tsp roughly chopped garlic (lehsun)

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tbsp roughly chopped green chillies

salt to taste

For The Garnish

a mint sprig