Mint rice with dried peas and fried krutons

Achala came up with a new recipe which I intend to try soon. If only I find fresh mint herbs at a farmers market here.

You'll need, 

3 bread slices - cut into cubes and fried lightly
1/2 cup Dried peas - soaked overnight
1 cup rice
1 Onion 
1/2 tomato
Salt to taste
1 tspn Jeera powder
Oil

Paste:
A handful of mint leaves
2 green chillies
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 inch Ginger
2 cloves of Garlic


Spices:
2 peices each of cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, bayleaves.
1 tspn of fennel seeds
1 tspn of jeera
Cook the rice with the soaked dried peas
- Blend together everything needed for the paste
- Heat the oil in a pan, put in all the spices + jeera + Onions + Tomato
- After the onions cook, put in the mint paste and the rice
- Add Salt
- After 1 min add the fried bread. 
- Mix in everything throughly and serve with Raita