PALAK PULAO RECIPE | EASY LUNCH BOX RECIPES | PULAO RECIPES

Spinach rice| Palak rice | Palak pulao, is an easy and healthy one pot meal and quite perfect for kids lunch box too. If your kids are not eating spinach in other forms like kootu, masiyal, poriyal, you can make this interesting and healthy palak pulao for them. We all liked it very much and my kids loved it though. Check out my other Lunch box recipes. Stay tuned for diwali recipes from next post

Ingredients

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins | Serves : 4-5

    Palak| Spinach   1 cup (loosely packed)
    Basmati rice   1 and 1/2 cup
   Coriander leaves   little
Green chili 1-2
Potato   1 (optional)
Green Peas   1/4 cup
Onion 1
Garlic 2 pods
Coconut   1 tblsp (optional)
Bay leaf    1
Oil    1 tblsp
Salt    as needed

Method:

Wash the rice and soak it in 3 cups of water for 20 minutes.
Wash the spinach and the coriander leaves. Chop the onions lengthwise and peel the skin of the potato(if using) and cut them into cubes.
In a pan add few drops of oil and saute the palak, green chili, coriander leaves. Do not saute for a long time. ensure not to change the colour.

Grind this palak mixture along with coconut(if adding) into a fine paste. If needed add very little water.
In a pressure cooker add oil and add the bay leaf and add the onions. Cook the onions till they turn translucent.
Add in the cubed potatoes and peas. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.

Add the ground spinach paste to this and saute for a minute. Add salt to this.

Add the soaked rice by keeping the water aside. Saute the rice for a minute and add in the water.

Cover the lid and cook till one whistle. Keep the flame in very small for 10 minutes and switch it off. Once the pressure is released, fluff it up with fork.