Garlic Spinach Rice ( Lahsuni Palak Chawal )

Add an extra-special touch to your meal tonight with this fast, easy and fresh spinach rice recipe. With a little bit of fresh garlic and spinach, it’s *almost* health food.

Servings :  4-5

Preparation time : 25-30 min

Cooking time : 15-20 min

Ingredients :

• 1 ½ cup rice
• 1 ½ cup blanched spinach paste
•  ½ cup crushed tomato
• ½ cup onion ( fine chopped )
• ¼ cup carrot ( fine chopped )
• ¼ cup capsicum ( fine chopped )
• 1 tsp chili garlic paste
• 1 ½ tbsp garlic ( fine chopped )
• 1 tsp oil
• 1 tsp ghee
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp coriander ( fine chopped )
• Salt according taste

Method :

• Boil rice and cool it.
• Heat oil and ghee in non-stick pan.
• Add cumin seeds.
• When they crackle, add onion.
• Sauté onion till the onion turns translucent.
• Add garlic. Sauté it till the garlic turn light golden brown color.
• Add chili-ginger paste. Sauté it for 1-2 min.
• Add carrot and capsicum and salt. Half cook them.
• Add tomato puree and cook it for 2-3 min.
• Add spinach paste and cook it for 5 min.
• Add rice and gently mix it with gravy.
• Cook rice for 2-3 min.
• Garnish with chopped coriander.
• Serve hot with fresh curd and roasted papad.