Palak Rice Recipe
South Indian style Palak Rice or Palak Pulao is a flavourful and aromatic rice dish that is very nutritious, great for skin and bones and tastes great with any gravy or raita. Here is how to make it.
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- Grinder
Ingredients
- 2 cups long grain basmati rice
- 3 cups chopped spinach
- 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 2-3 whole green chilies
- 2 tablespoon light olive oil
- 2-3 whole cloves
- 1-2 whole black cardamom
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 10-12 whole cashew nuts
- ½ cup chopped onion
- salt to taste
- 2 teaspoon lime juice
Instructions
- Wash 2 cups of long grain rice 2-3 times with water until the water runs clear. Soak it in 3 cups of water for 20 minutes. You can actually use any rice that you use in your everyday cooking to make this dish.
- Wash 3 cups (approx 200 g) of spinach very well 2-3 times to get rid of any mud and chop it roughly. Add the chopped spinach, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon chopped garlic, and 2-3 green chilies in the medium jar of a mixer and grinder.
- Add ¼ cup of water and grind to make a smooth paste.
- Heat 2 tablespoon light olive oil in a pan. You can use any other oil if you wish to.
- Once the oil is hot, add 2-3 whole cloves, 1-2 whole black cardamom, and cumin seeds, and let them crackle for a few seconds.
- Add 10-12 cashew nuts and fry until slightly golden. Add ½ cup chopped onion and fry for 2-3 minutes. Keep stirring while cooking.
- Add the spinach puree and sauté for a minute.
- Drain the rice and add it to the pan.
- Add 3 cups of water along with salt to taste and 2 teaspoon lime juice and mix gently.
- Cover the pan with a tight-fitting lid and cook on low heat until the rice is tender and all the liquid is absorbed. Stir the rice once midway while cooking.
- Remove the pan from heat and let the rice rest for 5 minutes. Fluff the palak rice with a fork. Serve hot with raita.
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Notes
Measure the rice and water correctly. If this measurement is not correct, the rice might either burn or turn out mushy.
You can also make this recipe using brown rice, quinoa or couscous.
This recipe can be easily halved, doubled or tripled.
Nutrition
Calories: 439kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 25mg | Potassium: 295mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2110IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 2mg
