We all love aloo-palak right?? This rice is a lovely combination of palak, aloo, onion and tomatoes. Garlic and ginger are there to perk up its flavors. It is so simple and easy, gets done within 10 minutes.
Ingredients
Basmati rice - 1 cup
Water - 2 cups
Any variety of spinach - 2 cups, cleaned, washed and drained
Small potatoes - 2, cubed
Onion - 1, chopped
Tomato - 1, chopped
Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsps
Fresh ginger - 1" piece, grated
Garlic - 4 pods, chopped fine
Kasoori methi - 2 tsps, crushed
Cooking oil -4 tsps
Jeera - 1 tsp, for seasoning
Salt to taste
Recipe cuisine: North indian; Category: Lunch / dinner
Prep time: 15 mts; Cooking time: 10 mts
Serves 3
Onion cut, ginger grated and garlic chopped. Spinach and potato cut; rice soaked in water for 15 mts
In a pressure cooker, oil added, jeera seasoned, then garlic, ginger and onions added and sauteed, then the tomatoes, chilli powder added, and sauteed till it becomes a mushy paste
Then spinach and potato added, mixed well, drained rice, salt and kasoori methi added
Now, 2 cups of boiling hot water added, cooker lid closed, after steam comes, lower the flames, and cover with a small cup and cook for 10 minutes.
In this picture, the one below shows the rice after 5 minutes, and the one on top shows the rice after 10 minutes of cooking . Rice has been transferred to a hot casserole.
Serve the rice steaming hot, just a bowl of yogurt/curds will suffice.
This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com
Please check out my other rice varieties here.
Categories: Rice Varieties, Spinach recipes
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