Palak pulao | Spinach pulav-how to make-stepwise pictures & Video

Cuisine Style: India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Salna, Kurma, raita,pachadi | Type: Lunch

How to make Spinach pulav Video

Ingredients

• Basmati rice or jeera rice – 1 cup
• Spinach - 1 cup [chopped]
• Onion – 1 [sliced]
• Green chilli - 1 [sliced]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [grated]
• Garlic – 1 tbsp [grated]
• Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
• Green cardamom - 2
• Cinnamon stick- 1
• Mace[nutmeg flower]- 1
• Cloves - 2
• Star anise - ½ flower
• Peppercorns – ½ tbsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Mint leaves – 2 springs
• Salt to taste
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsp

Preparation Method

• Wash & soak basmati rice for ½ an hour.
• Wash & chop spinach
• Boil water in a broad pan, add cardamom, ghee & soaked basmati rice, cook till 3/4th.
• Then drain water, cover lid & leave it for 5 min.
• Spread rice over the plate let it cool.
• Heat oil & ghee in a pan, add green cardamom, fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, fry till you get nice aroma
• Add onion sauté till light brown
• Add ginger & garlic sauté.
• Add green chilli, & spinach saute.
• Add Red chilli powder & turmeric powder saute for 2 min.
• Add basmati rice & salt mix well.
• Sprinkle mint leaves & serve hot with salna kurma and raita.

How to make Spinach pulav- Step by step photos

Wash spinach

Finely chop

Boil water with green cardamom pods

Add soaked basmati rice

Let it boil till soft

Check rice[3/4 th cooking done, cut off heat]

Drain extra water

Add drained rice, cover lid, leave it for 5 min

Heat pan, add ghee & oil

Take 7 aromatic spices

Add spices, fry for a min

Add onion, saute till light brown

Add ginger, garlic & green chilli

Add Spinach

Add turmeric powder

Add red chilli powder, saute for 2 min

Add rice & salt, mix well

Add mint leaves then cut off heat, serve hot with raita

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