Palak pulao recipe with step by step instructions and photos.
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Jump to RecipeAbout Palak pulao recipe – Palak pulao is a simple and healthy dish using spinach. It is similar to any other pulao we make. This is one simple lunch box recipe.
Spinach is called as pala kura in telugu, pasalai keerai in tamil and palak in hindi. Palak is used to make many dishes in indian states.
Spinach is considered as a super food because it is loaded with nutrients and low calories. Some of the health benefits of spinach are that this vegetable stabilizes your blood glucose levels, prevents you from cancer and good for bone health. So adding this green to your diet will benefit your health in multiple ways.
Palak pulao recipe – Preparation
First, wash and soak the rice for at least 20 to 25 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the vegetables required for this dish. Finely chop Palak leaves and an onion and slit few green chillis.
Palak pulao recipe – Cooking
1. Heat some ghee in a pressure cooker, add the garam masala spices, jeera and let it crackle. Add slit green chillis, chopped onion and fry it until it becomes translucent.
2. Add ginger garlic paste and fry until the rawness goes.
3. Add finely chopped spinach leaves and cook it well. It takes around 4 to 5 minutes to cook.
4. Once spinach leaves are nicely cooked, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander seed powder and garam masala powder and mix it well. Add little water to prevent the masala from burning.
5. Now add the soaked rice into this and give this a nice mix. Add coriander and mint leaves and mix it well.
6. Pour required water , add salt to taste and pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally.
7. Palak pulao is ready. Pair this with some onion raita.
Notes
- Rice and water ratio is 1:1.
- You can use any rice of your choice to make this pulao.
- Add less garam masala to retain the flavor of the Palak leaves.
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Palak pulao | Spinach pulao
Ingredients
250 ml cup measure
- ¾ cup rice
- 1½ cup Palak or spinach
- 1½ tbsp. ghee
- 1 medium sized onion
- 2 nos. greeen chilis
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp jeera
- whole garam masala
- 1 tbsp. red chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander seed powder
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- few curry leaves
- few coriander leaves
- few mint leaves
- salt to taste
- water as required
Instructions
Palak pulao recipe – Preparation
- First, wash and soak the rice for at least 20 to 25 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the vegetables required for this dish. Finely chop Palak leaves and an onion and slit few green chillis.
Palak pulao recipe – Cooking
- Heat some ghee in a pressure cooker, add the garam masala spices, jeera and let it crackle. Add slit green chillis, chopped onion and fry it until it becomes translucent.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry until the rawness goes.
- Add finely chopped spinach leaves and cook it well. It takes around 4 to 5 minutes to cook.
- Once spinach leaves are nicely cooked, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander seed powder and garam masala powder and mix it well. Add little water to prevent the masala from burning.
- Now add the soaked rice into this and give this a nice mix. Add coriander and mint leaves and mix it well.
- Pour required water, add salt to taste and pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally.
- Palak pulao is ready. Pair this with some onion raita.
Notes
- Rice and water ratio is 1:1.
- You can use any rice of your choice to make this pulao.
- Add less garam masala to retain the flavor of the Palak leaves.
