ALOO PALAK RICE (Spinach potato rice)

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.

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