We all know spinach is very good for health and it has lot of water content, more than watermelon. I always try to include spinach into the recipes whenever possible, because leafy greens are always good and full of nutrition values.
Whenever I make this spinach dal or any curry out of it, my husband and my son always get bored to eat the same for their second meal. So I came up with this idea, so that I can use the full bag of spinach and finish it up in a single meal and not get bored. This is turned out to be an interesting recipe and tasty. It can be eaten as a complete meal or can be served with yogurt raita.
Ingredients:
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1 big bag Baby Spinach washed and chopped
1 green Chili
1/2 cup mixed vegetables (I chose frozen vegetables with beans, carrot, peas, carrots and corn)
1 Onion chopped
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Oil
1 tsp Ghee
2 cups of uncooked Basmati Rice
Salt to taste
Method:
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1. Wash and drain the rice and keep aside for about 20 mins.
2. In the mean time, In a heavy bottom pan, on the flame in medium high and add the spinach and press it little and stir just until it wilts down. Off the flame and bring it to room temperature.
3. In a pan add oil and ghee and when it's hot add cumin seeds and when they turn slight brown add onions and saute it until it turns golden brown, now add the vegetables and saute it for about 5 mins.
4. Now in a mixer add the spinach and green chili and puree it.
5. In the pan with onions add the rice, and fry it for about 5 mins, so that it's nicely toasted, make sure that the rice does not break or it should not turn brown.
6. Now add the rice and the spinach mixture in a rice cooker with 1 1/2 cups of water and salt, stir it well and cook it for about 20-30 mins or until the rice is done and it's nice and fluffy.
7. Now gently fluff up the rice with a fork so that all the spinach puree is mixed well.
8. Serve this yummy rice with yogurt raita.
Sending this to Reva of "Kaarasaaram" - Event: "Royal Feast Biriyani"
