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Palak Pulao
Amrita Roy
Palak Pulao is an easy nutritious one pot meal. This could be a very good option for the lunch box. We normally add palak to our dal or prepare palak paneer, now here is another way to include palak into your diet.
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Prep Time
25
minutes
mins
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
55
minutes
mins
Served As
Brunch
,
Lunch
Recipe Cuisine Type
Indian
Servings
1
Ingredients
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Rice - 1 cup
Palak - 11/2 cup
tightly packed
Cashew Nuts - few
8 to 10
Ghee - 2 tablespoon
Refined oil - 2 tablespoon
Salt
Onion - 1 big
chopped
Garlic - 1/2 teaspoon
chopped
Cumin Powder - 11/2 teaspoon
Coriander Powder - 1 teaspoon
Cinnamon - 1 inch
cloves
- 2
Bay leaf - 1
Cardamom - 1 or 2
Green chilli - 1
optional
Instructions
Clean and wash the palak leaves and
blanch
them for few minutes.
Drain the water and take the leaves in a blender and make smooth green puree.
Wash and soak the rice for 20 minutes.
Heat 1 tablespoon ghee and
roast
the cashew nuts and keep them aside.
Now add the remaining ghee and refined oil in pan.
Add bay-leaf, cardamom, clove and cinnamon into the pan.
Next add chopped onions and garlic and fry till they are translucent in nature.
Add cumin powder, coriander powder and salt taste. Mix them well.
Now add the palak puree and cook until the raw smell is gone.
Finally add the soaked rice and mixed with all the masalas.
Add water (approximately 2 1/2 cup) and cook until the rice is done.
When the water is almost dried add the fried cashew nuts and serve hot.
Notes
Add the water almost double the rice or little more than that depending on the rice quality.
Keyword
green vegetables, july2018, rice recipes
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