Everyone in at my place loves spinach as anything, after making some fried rice, fried pakodas with spinach, my recent rice dish is this aloo palak pulao, most of us never says no to anything with potatoes and we guys are huge fan of this beautiful veggie, with spinach its double ok for us..I can definitely say that aloo palak is our all time favourite and this pulao was one of the best and better way of feeding my family members with aloo and palak..This pulao goes absolutely for easy preparation and its tastes fabulous, yep needless to say aloo and palak in rice never goes wrong..Along with papads, raitas or with simply chicken fries, this pulao goes tremendous and its tastes extremely awesome even as lunch box menu..Do try friends u will definitely love this pulao and damn sure that this combo never fails at all..Sending to
CMT-Rice guest hosted by me, event by
Jagruti..
2nos Potatoes (big & cubed)
2cups Spinach (chopped)
2cups Basmati rice
1no Onions(big & chopped)
1tsp Ginger garlic paste
1tsp Red chilly powder
1tsp Garam masala powder
1/4tsp Pepper powder
1/2tsp Cumin seed powder
Salt
Oil
2nos Bay leaves
1tsp Fennel seeds
2nos Cardamoms
Wash and soak basmati rice for 5minutes with 4cups of water, meanwhile heat enough oil in a heavy bottomed vessel or pressure cooker, fry the bay leaves, fennel seeds and cardamom, immediately add the chopped onions, ginger garlic paste with salt,cook until the onions turns transculent, add the chopped potatoes and sauté along with red chilly powder, garam masala powder, pepper powder and cumin powder, until the potatoes get half cooked..now add the chopped spinach leaves, just sauté for few seconds..Strain the soaked water from the basmati rice and add to the cooking veggies, bring to boil..Add the soaked rice to the cooking water, cook everything in high flame for few minutes, (if u r using pressure cooker,cook for two whistles and put off the stove)put off the flame in simmer..
Cook until the rice get well cooked and water gets completely absorbed..Serve along with papads, raitas or spicy chicken fries..
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