Spinach Rice Recipe for Toddlers and Kids | Rice Varieties
Spinach Rice - healthy rice variety with Spinach, vegetables and mild spices! Perfect for lunch box
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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