Spinach Fried Rice

This is simple and healthy rice. Normally we are making poriyal, kootu, sambar with spinach... But I want to make something special by using spinach. It came out very well. We liked so much. Why can't you all give a try to make this yummy dish!!!

This goes very well with any fry, papad, onion raita...

Ingredients

To Cook Rice

Basmati Rice – 2 cups

Water – 3 cups

Ghee – 4 tsp

Cardamom – 4

Cloves – 4

Cinnamon Sticks – 2

Sliced Green Chilli - 2

Bay Leaf – 1

Salt to taste

(For Fried Rice)

Finely Chopped Onions – 2 (big)

Finely Chopped Ginger – 2 tsp

Finely Chopped Capsicum – 1 cup

Cooked Green Peas - 1 cup

Finely Chopped Spinach Leaves – 1 bunch

To Temper

Ghee - 1 tsp

Red Chilli - 3

To Garnish

Fried Cashew nuts – 3 tsp

Chopped Coriander Leaves - few

Method

In a pressure cooker, heat ghee. Add bay leaf, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick and saute it for few sec.

Then add basmati rice saute it for few min. Add little salt and enough water.

Then cook till 2 whistles come out. Let it cool for few min.

Heat a pan, add chopped ginger and saute it for few min.

Now add chopped capsicum and let it fry well another 2 to 3 min.

Add chopped onions and fry till it becomes slight brown in color.

Finally add chopped spinach and saute it well. Now add cooked peas and mix well.

Then add the rice and mix well.

In a pan heat ghee. Add the tempering ingredients and fry for a min. And add this into rice.

Let it be for another 5 min on slow flame. Add fried cashew nuts and chopped coriander leaves. 

Yummy spinach fried rice is ready to serve.