Ingredients
Method
- Wash the rice and cook it with adequate quantity of water in a pressure cooker..The rice cooked should be separate grains.
- Let the pressure release by itself. Keep the cooked rice in a wide pan.
- Clean the spinach and coriander. Wash them properly in water and chop them roughly. Blanch them for two minutes. Immerse in cold water.
- Grind spinach and coriander along with green chilli, ginger, garlic to a smooth paste.
- Cut onion finely.
- Take oil in a pan, add cumin to it. Thrown in cloves and cinnamon, put onion and saute for sometime.
- Now, add the paste to it and continue to saute, the raw smell of the spinach should not be present.
- Add salt, chilli powder and garam masala. Mix well, switch off the flame.
- Add half the quantity of rice and mix it gently. Further, putĀ rice accordingly as per your taste. The plain steamed rice can be eaten with dal.
- Spinach Rice / Palak rice is ready to serve.
Notes
Adding of garlic is optional.