Palak Rice / Spinach Rice

Palak Rice is an easy to prepare dish. You can prepare an yummy dish quickly. Palak has iron contents and is good for health. Along with any iron content food if you take vitamin C, then the body absorbs iron completely. Heard it so... People say palak and tomato should not be taken along with. This combinations is not good for health. Remember!!

Ingredients:

Rice  -   1 cup
Oil    -  6 tbsp
Ghee -   2 tbsp
cumin seeds   -   1/2 tbsp
Green Chillies  - 4
cloves - 4
green peas - Fresh
Onion  - 2 /3 
Ginger-Garlic Paste - 2tbsp
Palak  -   2 bunch
Potato -  2 
Salt    - required
Pepper powder - a pinch

Cook It This Way:

Cook the rice and keep it aside. Add little bit of salt to the cooked rice.
Cut the potatoes into medium size pieces and boil it by adding salk and a pinch of turmeric.
Now, In a pan, heat oil and ghee. Initially put the cumin seeds, green chillis, cloves, green peas and fry it.
Add finely chopped onions and fry it till they turn into golden color.
Once the onion is fried, add ginger-garlic paste and fry it.
Now, add the finely chopped palak leaves(cut into very small pieces) and fry it for 5 mins.
Add little bit of salt to the above mixture.
Once palak leaves are fried, add the half boiled potato pieces and fry it for a minute.
Add the cooked rice to the curry and mix it well. you can add pepper powder if you wish to have it a bit more spicy.