Palak Pulao / Spinach Pilaf – Plating Up!
- 11
- April
- 2011
Pasalai Keerai Saadham:
Ingredients:
Spinach 1 bunch – cleaned
Garlic 5 cloves
Ginger 2″
Onion 1 small
Tomato 1 small
Green chilies 5-7
Salt
For Pilaf:
Rice 1 cup
Green chilies 3
Onion 1 small sliced
Ginger-garlic paste 1/2 spoon
Mint leaves 1 fistful
Tomato 1 chopped
Cloves 5
Cinnamon 1 stick
Cardamom 1 pod crushed
Bay leaf 1
Star anise 1
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Ghee/oil 1/4 cup.
Method:
In a wide pan, heat few spoons of ghee. Add chilies, ginger, garlic, onions and tomatoes. Fry for about 2 minutes. Then add greens, cover and cook till the leaves wilt. Add 1 cup of water and wet-grind the same. Set this puree aside.
In a wide crock pot, heat ghee. Add the whole spices, followed by chilies, onion, ginger-garlic paste, mint leaves and tomato. Fry for about a minute. Then add rice, wait till the oil coats to all the sides.
Add the spinach puree. If necessary add water. Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes, or until the rice turn tender and fluffy.
Serve warm as a main dish.
Healthy and delicious!
wow…my favorite ingredient “spinach”….pulav luks yummy and like the recipe too…def will try this..
WOW!!! That looks awesome…healthy & delicious!
Love the vibrant color..healthy and delicious rice.
Sounds like a healthy and delicious pulao..
Healthy and yummy one pot meal…
healthy n colourful pulav…
Green and healthy….Delicious rice…
OK, Malar, that looks absolutely amazing and tempting with its rich green color, I would surely try it as I have been dying to try some new palak recipe for a long time.
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A healthy & hearty recipe!!! Love the rich green color too!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Spinach pilao looks delicious and love the fresh green colour!
Thanks for the awards malar!
Wow!!!looks very colourful and delicious….lvoe to taste it hot…healthy receipe…Thanks for sharing.
wow malar……..ur recipes are always different…..i have made this couple of times and loved it…..just need to have some yogurt,pickle or poppadums
look superb dear and so tempting, amazing.
Delicious and healthy recipe.. looks gr8.. love the color !!
Indian Cuisine
This is a winner! i’m sure to love this!