The Recipe Diary

By: Sree

Website: http://tastespell.blogspot.com

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Category: Vegetarian

Dish type: Main Dish

Key ingredients: spinach,onion, basmati rice, chillies, ginger garlic paste

Time: Less than 1 hour

Procedure:

Ingredients:
1 bunch spinach,
1 medium onion,
3 cups basmati rice,
5 green chillies,
2 tsp ginger garlic paste,
1 inch cinnamon,
5-6 cloves,
3 cardamon,
1 tsp garam masala or biryani masala,
few leaves mint and coriander
1 tsp turmeric,
3 tbs oil,
bay leaves,
salt to taste
Method:

• In a vessel heat 1tbs oil and add cleaned and chopped spinach and cook .
• Once the spinach is cooked grind it into fine paste.
• In a heavy bottomed pan add 2tbs oil and add bay leaf,cinnamon,cloves and cardamon.
• To this add green chillies and sliced onions and saute .
• Add turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
• Grind mint and coriander leaves adding some water and add to pan.
• Then add the spinach paste to the pan and fry till the raw smell is gone.
• Add garam masala powder and washed rice and fry for 1 minute.
• Transfer the contents to rice cooker and add water. (1:1 1/2)rice:water ratio. or you can cook in a pressure cooker or on stove top. If you are cooking on stove top you need to add more water.

Beetroot raitha:

1/2 beet root grated, 1 green chili diced, coriander chopped, 1 cup plain yogurt, salt to taste, 1tsp lemon juice (optional)

Method:

whisk yogurt and add all other ingredients.Goes well with spinach rice or any biryani.