Spinach Rice

Ingredients

Rice – 1 cup

Spinach leaves 1 cup

Onion – 1

Yoghurt – 3 tbl.sp

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Green chilli/ red chilli powder – as per taste

Bay leaf – 1

Cinnamon – 1 small piece

Cloves – 3

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

salt as per taste

Method

 Soak rice in water for half an hour. Chop spinach leaves finely. Heat oil in a pan; add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves and cumin seeds. When cumin seeds splutter, add onions and fry till translucent. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté till raw smell goes. Add green chili, yoghurt, turmeric powder and salt, stir fry for few minutes and then add 2 cup of water and lemon juice. Cover and leave it to boil.

When water starts boiling, drain all the water from rice and add the rice to the boiling water. When the rice is ¾ cooked, add spinach leaves, give a stir and then cover and simmer on a low flame till rice is fully cooked.

Serve hot with your favorite curry.