Usually my hubby comes home for lunch, yesterday he didn’t came home for lunch as he had a lunch meeting at the office. Normally in that situation I would make mixed rice, so both daughter and mother can have it with some yogurt. Yesterday for a change I made spinach rice. It is an easy breezy dish. I tasted this rice first time in one of my friend’s house in Stockholm. She had invited us for dinner and made this rice along with a few other dishes. I liked it immediately and asked her for the recipe, which she gave me.
Spinach Rice
Ingredients
- 4 cup Cooked rice I used Rosematta rice/ rice from Kerala
- 6 cup Spinach: chopped into small pieces
- 1 cup Onion finely chopped)
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon Cumin powder
- ¼ teaspoon Garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon urmeric powder
- 1 Green chil I used Serrano pepper
- ½ teaspoon Chili powder
- ¾ teaspoon Salt
- ⅛ th teaspoon Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Ghee/ clarified butter
Instructions
- Wash the spinach in running water and chopped into finely and set aside.
- Heat oil and ghee in a thick bottom pan add cumin seeds when they starts splutter add onion, green chilies and ¼ teaspoon of salt and fry until onion becomes translucent or change color it takes about 6 minutes. To this add chopped spinach, turmeric powder, sugar and rest of salt and cook for another 3 minutes or until spinach starts to wilt.
- Once spinach is cooked add cumin powder, chili powder and garam masala and fry for 2 minutes. Finally add cooked rice to spinach spice mixture and mix everything so that spices and spinach gets coated with rice for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame.
- Enjoy with yogurt and a pickle.
Nutrition
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Denna says
WOW! I made this tonight and I really adore it! The flavors are right on and the finished dish is fantastic. I love so many Indian dishes and find it hard to locate really good recipes. This one is great. The only change that I made was to use all ghee and no olive oil, it just didn't seem the right flavor profile. I used short grain brown rice, and it was perfect!
Thank you!
Latha says
Easy and yummy
radha says
Very nice. Try the addition of corn. I think that could add to the taste.
Cake Duchess says
This is a wonderful rice dish, Swathi. I'm always looking for new rice ideas. So happy to come across it tonight and love the spinach (I need to eat more spinach!:)
kala says
yummyyyyyy n healthyyy
anthony stemke says
I love this recipe. The rice kernels look different than what I usually use, they look a little shorter and fatter but I bet great tasting. We eat rice a lot. The seasonings are wonderful. Thanks.
cookingvarieties says
hi swathu, easy to prepare , fast , nutritious and yummy.. i would love to eat this with papad (we in malaysia call it papadam). have a nice day
Rekha says
very healthy and yummy rice..
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Rosita Vargas says
Woow...e ve muy sabroso un perfecto almuerzo una delicia,abrazos hugs,hugs.
Cathleen says
Wow, I love rice, and I'm sure I would gobble all this up in a second. Yum, this looks SO good!
Pushpa says
One of my fav rice dishes looks fabulous never tried with this variety of rice.
Miriam says
I love your taste Swathi! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
Reshmi Mahesh says
This looks so delicious....perfect for lunch...
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Faith says
What a tasty dish! I bet it made the perfect lunch, Swathi!
G.Pavani says
healthy n delicious rice..
An Open Book says
that is incredibly healthy and next time i get hold of soem spinach i shall do this
Pete says
This is healthy cooking. Thanks for sharing the recipe
Joanne says
I love that the veggies are already mixed into the rice! What a great healthy dish!
Jay says
Healthy n nice..
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Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
wow, what a coincidence, I made this exact thing (almost) yesterday with left over rice, wonderful and delicious pics.
Angela says
Looks delicious - especially with that beautiful, fresh spinach.
Yummy Team says
Simple n delicious rice, Swathi..Nannayittundu!
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Mrs K says
Thanks Swathi for leaving your lovely comments on my blog. I have added myself to your followers list and look forward to many interesting recipes from you.The spinach rice makes such a perfect quick lunch and I can bet on the excellent flavors as well :)!!!
Victor says
Love the flavor of the rice! I can even taste it from my screen.
Chow and Chatter says
this looks great love one pot meals
Peggy says
This rice looks great! Definitely different!
Jaisy James says
rice looks delicious and healthy too
Renata says
Now I know what to do with the spinach I have in the fridge. Hope to find the spices at the foreigner's market. Looks delicious!
Priya Sreeram says
lovely loking healthy rice !
jayarajmurukkumpuzha says
assalayittundu........ aashamsakal........
Abhilash Pillai says
hey! thats a simple recipe. I will try it with curd. Amma also prepares similar dish but uses cauliflower, beans, peas and other vegetables. 🙂
Alea says
I grow spinach all winter long (even though we have subzero temps). This recipe will be a delicious way to use my next harvest!
Sensible Vegetarian says
Swathi love the healthy and delicious spinach rice.
Kamakshi Prasanna says
Its very healthy...
Preety says
simple and healthy ..great recipe
Hamaree Rasoi says
Hi Swathi
Spinach with rice looks awesome. Great recipe.
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Viki's Kitchen says
Love one pot meals and this one with that rose matta rice and spinach seems so healthy n delicious dear.Awesome!
Torviewtoronto says
beautiful healthy delicious rice
Nancy and Vijay says
spinach rice has to be one of my all time favorites. Thanks for posting 🙂
Priya says
Thats a healthy and fabulous rice, love it..
divya says
healthy and wonderful spinach rice...
Cool Lassi(e) says
Simple and fabulous rice dish!
Kairali sisters says
I love this rice, power packed, and easy to make alle..
sinfullyspicy.com says
One of my favorites.Love to have a bowl for weekend brunch.You have used some good seasonings.
savitha ramesh says
very healthy and flavorful rice...thanks for sharing
Gulmohar says
So healthy and yumm..Great demo pics Swathi,appreciate your patience. I have tried a few times and found it so hard
Panchpakwan says
Delicious and healhty rice.
michelangelo in the kitchen says
Love your spinach rice! You have the best step-by-step cooking demo of all. This really inspires me to cook and make it! You make life easier in the kitchen with your photos! Thanks for sharing!!!!
PALATABLE says
A yummy one pot meal! Spinach is my favorite veggie too...
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Suja Sugathan says
Love Spinach rice,perfect and healthy.
Sushma Mallya says
Lovely Spinach Rice perfect with Raita:)
Suman Singh says
Rice looks healthy and delicious..love this kind of one pot meal..thanks for sharing the recipe..have a nice weekend!
Satya says
a perfect healthy n tasty one pot meal
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Kurinji says
Healthy rice...
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Rachu says
I travel on the same path as yours.. a lazy cook in love with one pot meals at times.. and this one is great..its healthy, filling and yumm..
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Reeni says
I love spinach rice Swathi! You spiced this up nicely! Delicious.
Shama Nagarajan says
healthy rice
Sharmilee! :) says
Healthy and sure yummy looking rice