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- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients of Palak Rice
Puree:
- ½ cup Red onion roughly chopped
- ½ inch Ginger
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 Green chilies
- 1 ½ cups Spinach
Rice:
- 1 cup Long grain rice
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- 1 Bay leaf
- 2 Cloves
- 2 Green cardamoms
- 1 inch Cinnamon stick
- ½ cup Carrot cubed
- ½ cup Green peas
- Salt
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 ¾ cup Water
How to Make Palak Rice
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Rinse rice for many times till water is not cloudy anymore.
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Soak into water for half an hour.
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Drain the water.
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Take an onion, ginger, garlic, green chili and spinach into the mixing bowl and make a smooth paste.
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Heat the oil in a pan.
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Once hot add bay leaf, green cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon stick.
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Cook for 45 seconds.
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Add prepared spinach puree.
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Now add peas, carrot, salt and garam masala.
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Add drained rice and mix.
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Now add water.
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Cover with the lid and cook for 20 minutes.
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After turn off the stove, rest for 10 minutes.
