PALAK RICE

Palak Rice


Spinach(palak) is a very nutritious leafy vegetable. Children like varieties of preparations. Instead of making plain rice with dal, a change in its composition can give a  different taste to the rice preparation, with added nutritional supplements like spinach, moong dal, etc. A preparation of rice with spinach is given below.


Ingredients:
fine rice-4cups,
palak-1 average bunch, as available in the market(cleaned and chopped),
green chillies-3(finely chopped),
ginger-1" piece(finely chopped),
jeera-1tsp,
mustard-1tsp,
salt to taste,
ghee-1tbsp,

For garnishing.
onions-2(cut in long pieces)
oil for frying onions.

Method:
Clean and soak the rice for 1/2 an hour.
Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the onions till golden brown.
Keep aside.
In a pan, heat ghee, crackle the mustard and jeera, add green chillies and ginger, fry a little and add the palak.Stir well. Cook  the contents. Ensure that it is dry.
Remove water from the rice and add to the palak.
Stir in-between and fry for 5 mts on low flame.
In a cooker, boil 7 cups of water along with salt.
Add the rice-palak contents.Mix well.
Close the cooker with the lid and weight and cook till you get 2 continuous whistles.
After the pressure gets released, open the cooker.
Mix the contents well and shift to a serving bowl.
Garnish with onion fries.