Couscous pudina pulao

What you need:

1 cup couscous (cooked according to directions), and cooled by spreading on a plate
5-6 leaves of mint
2 cardomoms, 4 cloves, 5-6 green chillies, small piece dal chinni
1 tbsp of coconut(fresh or frozen)
Finely diced onion, beans, carrots, potatoes and frozen peas
1/4 tsp jeera, 1 tsp oil, salt to taste and cilantro to garnish

What to do:

Grind together the mint leaves, 1 cardomom, 2 cloves, green chillies and the coconut to a fine paste, adding little water.

In a shallow pan, add the oil, jeera. Now add the remaining spices (1 cardomom, 2 cloves and the dal chinni piece). After a few seconds, throw in the diced vegetables, staring with onions and frying the onions to a golden brown color. When the veggies have softened a bit, add the ground mint paste. Saute for a few minutes until the moisture content of the paste is lost, and the mixture has well blended with vegetables. Add salt.

Now mix the cooked vegetable blend with the couscous, and add cilantro to garnish.

For extra taste, you can add fried onions and cashews.

Serve with raita.