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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Keerai recipes / Spinach Rice Recipe for Toddlers and Kids | Spinach Pulao

    Spinach Rice Recipe for Toddlers and Kids | Spinach Pulao

    last updated: Jan 21, 2020 by Kalyani

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    Spinach Rice Recipe for Babies

    Spinach rice - an one pot meal made with rice, spinach and vegetables. I always try different lunch recipes with spinach and this was one such try. It tastes so good and the little one at the home had it without any complaints:) This spinach rice can be tried with any spinach variety , it is very easy to make for lunch and packing lunchboxes. It can be given to kids from one year and its one of the best ways to make the pick eaters to eat greens. Check more rice varieties for kids lunch box here.

    Now lets get on to check how to make spinach rice recipe for toddlers and kids.Spinach Rice for kids

    Spinach Rice Recipe for Babies
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    Spinach Rice Recipe for Toddlers and Kids | Rice Varieties

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    Spinach Rice - healthy rice variety with Spinach, vegetables and mild spices! Perfect for lunch box
    Course Rice/Biryani
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 40 minutes
    Calories
    Author Kalyani

    Ingredients

    • Rice - 1 cup
    • Onion - 1 medium sized
    • Garlic - 2 cloves
    • Potato - 1 medium sized
    • Green Peas - a handful
    • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
    • Garam masala - ¼ tsp
    • Water - 1.25 cups
    • Salt - as required
    • Lemon Juice - 1 tsp

    To grind

    • Palak leaves - 2 cups tightly packed
    • Mint leaves - ⅛ cup
    • Coriander leaves - ⅛ cup
    • Green chilies - 2

    To temper

    • Ghee/Oil - 2 tbsp
    • Bay leaves - 1
    • Cinnamon - ¼ inch piece
    • Cloves - 2
    • Cardamom- 1
    • Cumin seeds - ½ tsp

    Instructions

    Preparation :

    • Wash the rice twice and soak it in for 20 minutes. Chop, garlic, onion and potato into bite size pieces. Set aside.
    • Clean and wash the spinach thoroughly. Grind the spinach, Coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilies to a smooth puree without adding any water. Keep it ready.

    Method :

    • Heat a pressure cooker with ghee and add bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom & cumin seeds. Once cumin seeds Starts spluttering, add onions along with chopped garlic. Saute them nicely until golden brown.
    • Once the onions becomes brown, add the chopped potato pieces, green peas, turmeric powder, garam masala powder along with salt. Fry it for a minute.
    • Now add the ground greens paste. Fry the paste until the raw smell leaves.Then add the soaked rice to the spinach gravy and mix well.
    • Add water and bring it to a boil. Then close the lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for two whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly. Now add lemon juice, mix well and top with ghee if required.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 3g
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    Spinach Rice Recipe

    Preparation :

    1. Wash the rice twice and soak it in for 20 minutes. Chop, garlic, onion and potato into bite size pieces. Set aside.
    Spinach Rice Recipe for Babies Step 1
    2. Clean and wash the spinach thoroughly. Grind the spinach, Coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilies to a smooth puree without adding any water. Keep it ready.
    Spinach Rice Recipe for Babies Step 3
     Method :
    1. Heat a pressure cooker with ghee and add bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom & cumin seeds.  Once cumin seeds Starts spluttering, add onions along with chopped garlic. Saute them nicely until golden brown.
    Spinach Rice Recipe for Babies Step 2
    2. Once the onions becomes brown, add the chopped potato pieces, green peas, turmeric powder, garam masala powder along with salt. Fry it for a minute.
    Spinach Rice Recipe for Babies Step 4
     3. Now add the ground greens paste. Fry the paste until the raw smell leaves.Then add the soaked rice to the spinach gravy and mix well.
    Spinach Rice Recipe for Babies Step 5
     4. Add water and bring it to a boil. Then close the lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for two whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly. Now add lemon juice, mix well and top with ghee if required.
    Spinach Rice Recipe for Babies Step 6
     Serve the spinach rice with onion raita or plain curd/yogurt!Spinach Rice Recipe for kids

    Notes :
    • Dont skip the lemon as Vitamin C in the lemon  helps to absorb iron in spinach.
    • Make sure to Wash and clean the spinach leaves thoroughly to get rid of mud if any.
    • You could use any rice variety to make this spinach rice. Adjust water quantity accordingly. Water amount mentioned in the recipe was good enough to cook the rice as spinach leaves leave out water while cooking.

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    1. Shruthi M

      August 06, 2020 at 11:44 pm

      Can I add sweet potato instead of potato

      Reply
      • Kalyani

        August 16, 2020 at 11:56 pm

        yes you can try

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