Palak rice with mixed vegetables

PREP TIME

15 mins

COOK TIME

20 mins

TOTAL TIME

35 mins

Ingredients:

Basmati rice - 1 cup
Water - 2 cup

Oil - 1.5 tb sp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tb sp

Chopped onion - 1 large

Chopped tomato - 2 large
Spinach - 2-3 cups

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Dhaniya Jeera powder - 2 tsp

Garam masala - 2 tsp
Chopped green chillies - 1
Mixed vegetables (Beans, peas, Cauliflower, Carrot,
Curry leaves - few

Salt as per taste

Cashew - 10 - 15

Cilantro

Ghee - 2 tsp

Procedure:

1. Palak paste:
• Chop spinach coarsely
• Grind to paste: Spinach, ginger, garlic, Green chillies, little water to grind
• Keep aside 
2. Making the masala for rice:
• In a Kadhai, heat oil 
• Add Kadipatta
• Now add Jeera, mustard seeds, Haldi and hing
• Add chopped onion and fry till golden brown
• Add chopped tomato and fry till oil leaves from the sides in the kadhai
• Add Garam masala and Dhaniya Jeera powder
• Add Cashew nuts
• Add mixed vegetables and fry for 5 min
3. Making the rice
• Wash rice and keep it ready
• Add above masala and mix well
• Add salt
• Add the palak paste by measuring it as it is watery. Minus that much water. (i.e. if you use 1 cup of rice and the paste is half cup use a little more than half cup water)
• Add chopped cilantro 
• Cook it normally using pressure cooker or electric rice cooker
• Once ready add 2tsp ghee and mix well
• Serve hot garnished with some fresh coconut and cilantro with raita