Palak Rice

Ingredients

A bunch of palak/spinach,cleaned

2 cups basmati rice

1 tomato chopped

1 small onion chopped

1 teaspoon garlic chopped

1 teaspoon ginger chopped

1 green chili chopped

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 tablespoon oil

salt to taste

Method

• Cook the rice with a pinch of salt and keep aside.
• Boil water in a pan with some salt.
• Turn off the fire and add the palak leaves to the boiling water.
• Let the spinach leaves remain in water for a minute.
• Drain the spinach and allow it to cool down.
• Puree the spinach in a blender and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a kadai.

• Add onions and stir until it turns translucent.
• Add ginger,garlic,green chili,tomatoes,turmeric powder and stir for a minute.
• Add palak puree and salt (if required) and cook on low flame for a minute.
• Stir in the cooked rice and cook under cover for 1-2 minutes and turnoff the flame.
• Serve  hot with pickle and pappad.