Wednesday 7 March 2012

Spinach Rice (Palak Rice) with Carrot Raita



Spinach Rice(Palak Rice)


Ingredients
Basmati Rice  - 2 Cup
Spinach   - 2 Cup
Onion   - 1 Large
Green Chilli  - 2
Ginger Garlic paste – 1 Tbls
Cinnamon – 1 large
Cloves – 4 to 6
Bay leaves – 1 or 2
Cardamon  - 3
Coriander leaves
Salt
Water

Preparation
  • Cook rice and keep it aside (I usually add a little bit of salt while cooking).
  • Blanch the spinach in boiling water for 10 - 12 minutes.
  • Grind the spinach into a smooth paste.
  • Heat oil in a pan. Add Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom and Bay leaves and saute it.
  • Add onion into it and saute well . Add the remaing salt into it.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and saute well till the onion became translucent.
  • Then add the spinach paste and saute well.
  • Once it became thick and dry, add the cooked rice into it and mix well.
  • Add Coriander leaves for garnishing.


Carrot Raita


Ingredients
Carrot  - 1 cup(Grated)
Green chilli  - 3 (Chopped)
Yogurt     - 1 1/2 Cup
Salt
Curry leaves

Preparation

  • Take Carrot,Green chilli and Salt in bowl.Mix it well
  • Then add Yogurt and curry leaves and mix again.
  • Serve it with Spinach rice, Pulao, Ghee rice or Biriyani.
Sending this recipe post to
Gimme GREEN! hosted by Rosh of Chef Al dente

Healthy Morsels hosted by Umm Mymoonah of Taste Of Pear City

I'm The Star hosted by Rasi of Vegetarian Food & Me

A celebration of colours through Food ! hosted by Kalyani of Sizzling Tastebuds


Vegan Diet hosted by Sravani of Srav's Culinary Concepts

Lets cook Green hosted by Radhika Tickling Palates

Cheers !!!
Minu

9 comments:

  1. Looks super yum.. & very healthy too.. Thanks for linking it to my event :)

    You should link it too Radhika's of tickling palates event too.. it s about Green theme !


    Ongoing Event: I'm a STAR

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  2. Sure I will link this...happy hosting..

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  3. A wholesome comforting meal and simple too. Thank you for linking it with Healthy Morsels - Pregnancy. :)

    http://schmetterlingwords.blogspot.com/2012/03/healthy-morsels-journey-begins.html

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  4. healthhy and wholesome meal

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  5. nice to meet a blogger frm birmingham...i have been there many times..we were in peterborough before.

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  6. First time here ... glad to follow you... very yummy palak rice
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  7. This looks almost like a biryani with spinach, looks absolutely delicious. Thank you for linking with Healthy Morsels :)

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  8. This is such a comfort food ! Thank u Minu for sending this to Healthy Morsels -Pregnancy :)

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