Palak Rice (Spinach Rice)
Palak (spinach) is one of those food options that literally has the best nutrients. Rich in potassium, magnesium, calcium and many other vitamins which helps your child grow.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Uncooked Rice
- 1 ½ tbsp Oil or Ghee
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 small Bay leaf (tej patta) or curry leaves
- 2 Cups (tightly packed) Spinach (palak)
- 2 Green chillies chopped/slit
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 medium Sliced Onion
- ½ cup each Sweet corn and chopped carrot (optional)
- 1 medium Medium potato (optional)
- ½ to ¾ tsp or adjust to taste Garam Masala
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder (optional)
- To taste Salt
- 10 to 12 Chopped Mint or coriander leaves
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
Instructions
- Rinse rice and cook it in a pot or cooker. Rice must be grainy and not mushy.
- Wash palak throughly in lots of water. Drain completely, add them in a blender and puree to a smooth paste. You can alternately fine chop and use.
- Heat a pan with oil, add cumin seeds and bay leaf.
- When the cumin seeds begin to sizzle add ginger garlic paste and saute until it turns fragrant for about 40 to 60 seconds.
- Add onion and green chilli. Saute until onions turn golden.
- Then add potatoes, carrot and sweet corn and saute until they become tender. If needed sprinkle some water and cook.
- Sprinkle salt, turmeric and garam masala. Pour palak puree and saute until the raw smell goes off.
- Add mint leaves and saute for a minute or two. Turn off the stove.
- Transfer the cooled rice, squeeze the lemon juice. Mix everything well, taste test and add more salt if needed.
- Serve palak rice hot or warm.
