Spinach Pulav | Tasty Palak Palav

Introduction:

Spinach is all time available vegetable. It's rich in iron, fiber and spinach pulav is one of the easy and healthy recipe. Specially for the kids who doesn't want to have green vegetables.

Preparation Time - 20 mts

Cooking time - 45 mts

Serves - 4 to 6 People

Ingredients:

1 cup Basmati Rice

2 Cups Water

2 Onions Sliced

1 Cup Spinach finely chopped

1/2 cup shredded Carrot

Oil 4 tsp

2 Bay leaf

2 Cardamom

Paneer cut in to small cubes

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Cumin Seeds 1tsp

Ginger Garlic Paste 1tsp

Salt to taste

2 green chillies finely chopped

1tsp Red chilli powder

1 tsp Coriander powder

Method

Soak the rice in water for 30 mts.

Heat up oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds. Once the cumin seeds sputter add bay leaf and cardamom. After that add sliced onion.

Let it cook for 2 mts. Now add green chillies and ginger garlic paste.

Add turmeric, red chilli and coriander powder.

Once the oil started loosing out from all the spices add shredded carrot. Cook ot for a minute. Now add Spinach and cook it till spinach gets cooked.

Add rice and give a good mix. Add 2 cups of water. Add salt. Check for the seasoning at this point of time. Cover it and turn the stove on high and cook for 5 mts.

After 5 mts reduce the flame to low and cook for 10 mts.

After 10 mts again reduce the flame to the low and let it cook for 15 mts on a very low flame.

Let it rest for 15 mts. After resting it for 15 mts open the lid. Spinach Pulav is ready.