Mint Pilaf

Ingredients:
Basmati rice - 2 cups
Green chillies - 3
Pudina - 2 bunches
Ginger - 1" piece
Jeera - 1/4 tsp
Bay leaf-1
Cinnamon stick-1/2inch
Cloves- 5 nos
Garlic - 3pods
Ginger- 1 inch piece
Cardamon- 2 nos crushed
Bay leaves- 2 nos crushed
Peanuts - 10-15
Ghee - 2 tbsps
Method
Wash the Rice and cook seperately.
Grind pudina,green chillies,salt to paste.In a pan, heat the ghee and fry the peanuts & keep aside.Fry onions and greenchillies until it changes to goldenbbrown color.In the same ghee, add the jeera, after it splutters,add the grinded pudina paste,turmeric,bay leaf,cloves pwd,crushed cardamon,ginger-garlic paste add salt and redchilli pwd if neccessary.Fry until raws smell goes
Now add rice and mix well.Garnish with peanuts and pudina leaves and serve with any raita.