QUICK AND EASY SPINACH RICE (PALAK RICE)

Quick and Easy Spinach Rice (Palak Rice) image

Easy tasty main dish.

Provided by Sushama

Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 small onion, minced
1 large carrot, minced
4 green chile peppers, chopped
1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
1 ½ cups fresh spinach
2 cups uncooked white rice
1 teaspoon roasted coriander powder
1 pinch salt, or to taste
4 ½ cups water, or more as needed

Steps:

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir cumin seeds until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add onion, carrot, and green chile peppers; cook and stir until slightly tender, about 5 minutes. Add ginger-garlic powder and cook for about 5 minutes.
Pulse spinach leaves in a blender until a paste forms. Add spinach paste to onion mixture; cook and stir until all the water has evaporated from the spinach, 2 to 3 minutes.
Mix rice, coriander powder, and salt into spinach mixture until evenly combined. Transfer rice mixture to a rice cooker and add water.
Cook spinach rice in the rice cooker according to manufacturer's instructions, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 409.6 calories, Carbohydrate 82.5 g, Fat 4.4 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 8.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 120.2 mg, Sugar 4.1 g