Green Shrimp Fried Rice - Hariyali Shrimp Pulav

Ingredients:
10 to 15 mint leaves
One small cup chopped Cilantro/coriander
2 big garlic cloves
1 inch fresh ginger
2 to 3 Jalapenos
Half Onion finely chopped
3 Cardamoms
2 Small cinnamon sticks
2 cloves
Salt to taste
Cooking oil
2 cups Basmati rice
200 Gms Shrimp

Procedure:
1) Make a coarse paste of the following: mint leaves, cilantro, garlic, ginger, jalapenos. Add two teaspoons of water if there is difficulty in making a paste. Add salt to taste to this paste.
2) Marinate shrimp for an hour in the above paste.
3) In a sauté pan, add some cooking oil and fry the onions, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon. When onions are caramelized, add the marinated shrimp with the green paste. Fry on medium to large flame till most of the water in the mixture evaporates.
4) Wash the rice with water for 2 to 3 times. Add the above mixture to the rice and boil the rice in 3.5cups of water and a teaspoon of salt, preferably in a rice cooker. Serve hot with raita.

Preparation time: green paste: 5 min
Marination: 1 hour
Making fried rice/ pulav: 25 min
Serves 2-3.