Spinach Rice
Delicious spinach rice made with cooked rice, spinach, spices and onion.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 151kcal
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
Calories: 151kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 259mg | Potassium: 182mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2160IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1mg
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