Quick And Easy Spinach Rice (Palak Rice)
4 servings
Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 small onion, minced
1 large carrot, minced
4 green chile peppers, chopped
1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
1 1/2 cups fresh spinach
2 cups uncooked white rice
1 teaspoon roasted coriander powder
1 pinch salt, or to taste
4 1/2 cups water, or more as needed
Instructions
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir cumin seeds until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add onion, carrot, and green chile peppers; cook and stir until slightly tender, about 5 minutes. Add ginger-garlic powder and cook for about 5 minutes.
Pulse spinach leaves in a blender until a paste forms. Add spinach paste to onion mixture; cook and stir until all the water has evaporated from the spinach, 2 to 3 minutes.
Mix rice, coriander powder, and salt into spinach mixture until evenly combined. Transfer rice mixture to a rice cooker and add water.
Cook spinach rice in the rice cooker according to manufacturer's instructions, about 20 minutes.
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