🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Pudina Bath

Name: Pudina Bath
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1 tsp Ginger; 2 Green Chili; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1.5 cups packed Mint Leaves; 3 cups cooked Rice; 1 tsp Urad Dal; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1 sprig Curry Leaves; 1 tbsp Lemon; 1/3 cup Grated Coconut

🇮🇳 Indian

Cooling pudina baath — mint-coconut masala folded into rice. Picnic and tiffin favorite across Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Ginger1 tsp
Green Chili2
Vegetable Oil2 tbsp
Mint Leaves1.5 cups packed
Rice3 cups cooked
Urad Dal1 tsp
Mustard Seeds1 tsp
Curry Leaves1 sprig
Lemon1 tbsp
Grated Coconut1/3 cup

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantro1/2 cup
Peanuts2 tbsp

Instructions

1
Blend mint leaves with coconut, green chili, ginger and a few cilantro sprigs.
2
Temper mustard, urad and curry leaves; cook the paste 2 minutes.
3
Mix into cooled rice with salt and lemon.
4
Scatter roasted peanuts.
5
Serve slightly warm or room temp.

Chef's tip

Use only fresh mint leaves (no thick stems) or the paste turns bitter.

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Watch how it's made

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