🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Palak Rice

Name: Palak Rice
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 49 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste; to taste Salt; 300 g, chopped Spinach; 1, thinly sliced Onion; 6 cloves Garlic; 2 Green Chili; 2 tbsp Ghee; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 2 tsp Whole Garam Masala Spices; 3/4 cup Rice

🇮🇳 Indian

Spinach-puree rice with garlic pop, the green rice kids negotiate over. One pot, big aroma — a full meal folded into fragrant rice. Serve with raita and papad; lemon wedges on the side.

Prep 22 min Cook 27 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
Saltto taste
Spinach300 g, chopped
Onion1, thinly sliced
Garlic6 cloves
Green Chili2
Ghee2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
Whole Garam Masala Spices2 tsp
Rice3/4 cup

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

1
Wash the rice till the water runs clear and let it soak while you build the masala; drain before it goes in.
2
Heat ghee in a wide, heavy pot; fry the whole spices — bay, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves — till they swell and smell like a spice box.
3
Brown the onions properly, stir in ginger garlic paste, then bloom the powdered spices in the fat.
4
Add the spinach and saute two minutes, then slide in the drained rice and turn gently to coat every grain in the masala.
5
Add salt and hot water, boil, then cover with a tight lid and a tawa underneath to stop scorching; steam till done and rest before serving.

Chef's tip

Never stir the pot once the lid goes on; that is how rice turns to paste.

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Watch how it's made

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