Quick Recipe − Quick and Easy Spinach Rice (Palak Rice)

Easy tasty main dish.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 small onion, minced
• 1 large carrot, minced
• 4 green chile peppers, chopped
• 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
• 1 ½ cups fresh spinach
• 2 cups uncooked white rice
• 1 teaspoon roasted coriander powder
• 1 pinch salt, or to taste
• 4 ½ cups water, or more as needed

Cooking Directions

1. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir cumin seeds until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add onion, carrot, and green chile peppers; cook and stir until slightly tender, about 5 minutes. Add ginger-garlic powder and cook for about 5 minutes.
2. Pulse spinach leaves in a blender until a paste forms. Add spinach paste to onion mixture; cook and stir until all the water has evaporated from the spinach, 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Mix rice, coriander powder, and salt into spinach mixture until evenly combined. Transfer rice mixture to a rice cooker and add water.
4. Cook spinach rice in the rice cooker according to manufacturer's instructions, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories409.6
• carbohydrateContent82.5 g
• fatContent4.4 g
• fiberContent3.2 g
• proteinContent8.3 g
• saturatedFatContent0.7 g
• sodiumContent120.2 mg
• sugarContent4.1 g