Spinach Rice

If you have cooked rice in your kitchen, you can make various dishes with it. Today’s recipe, Spinach Rice, is a quick and easy recipe that combines cooked rice with spinach. You can prepare fresh rice for this recipe or use leftover rice to make this simple yet delicious dish.

To make Spinach Rice, you need to cook rice and spinach separately. After cooking, both have to be cooled a bit, after which they can be combined. It is a perfect recipe if you want to make something quick yet nutritious and sumptuous. It is also a great lunch box food because it tastes good even when it is not hot and is easy to eat.

I usually make Spinach Rice the way I have shown in this recipe, keeping it very simple, with no addition of extra vegetables. By doing so, the taste of spinach and nuts shines. But you can add any vegetables like corn, carrots, potatoes, peas, etc and cook them before adding spinach puree. Then, you can combine this cooked mixture with rice. However, I would recommend that you try it without any vegetables, and later, if you like the recipe, try making it with additional vegetables.

One Extra Tip: Add a spoonful of melted ghee on top before serving. It enhances the taste of this dish.

If you are looking for recipes which you can try with cooked rice, you might like my recipe for Egg Fried Rice, Tamarind Rice, Tomato Rice, and Curd Rice

Now, let’s start with the recipe for Spinach Rice:

Equipment Needed:

• Saucepan for cooking rice
• Pan for cooking spinach and combining rice and spinach
• Mixer grinder for making spinach puree
• Knives and Cutting Board
• Spatula

Ingredients Needed for Spinach Rice:  

• 2 Cups Basmati Rice; Washed and soaked for 30 minutes
• 3 tbsp Ghee
• 250 gm Fresh Spinach
• 3-4 Cloves Garlic
• 2 Inches Piece of Ginger
• 3-4 Green Chillies; slit
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 3-4 Cloves
• 6-9 Black Peppercorns
• 1 Black Cardamom
• 1 Big Onion; Thinly Sliced
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
• Salt; to taste
• 8-10 Cashews
• 2 tbsp Musk Melon Seeds

Method to make Spinach Rice: 

• Cook the rice with excess water in a saucepan. Once the rice is cooked, transfer it to a sieve so the excess water drains out. Let this rice cool.
  
  
  
• Combine spinach, garlic and ginger and grind them to a paste in a mixer. Keep it aside.
  
  
  
• Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan.
  
  
  
• Add bay leaves, cloves, cardamom and black peppercorns. Fry them on medium heat for a few seconds.
  
  
  
• Add cumin seeds and onion slices.
  
  
  
• Add green chillies.
  
  
  
• On medium heat, fry till the onion turns golden brown.
  
  
  
• Add spinach puree, followed by turmeric powder and salt.
  
  
  
• Cover with a lid. On medium heat, let it cook for 5-10 minutes. Once done, turn off the heat and let it cool for 10 minutes.
  
  
  
• Meanwhile, fry the cashews and melon seeds in 1 tbsp of ghee.
  
  
  
• Once the spinach puree cools a bit, add the cooked rice and mix. Taste and adjust the salt.
  
  
  
• Garnish with fried nuts and serve. As mentioned before, add a spoonful of ghee to each serving. It greatly enhances the taste.
  
  

About Ingredient Sourcing in Germany:

• Basmati Rice: Available in supermarkets as well as Indian shops. In supermarkets, it is available in 1 kg packs. It is called Basmati Reis in German.
• Ghee: Available in supermarkets as well as Indian shops. You can also make it at home. You get two products in supermarkets, one of Ghee and the other of Butterschmalz. You can use either for this recipe.
• Spinach: Fresh spinach is easily available in supermarkets. You can also use the frozen one. Rahm Spinat (spinach with cream) also works for this recipe. It is avialbe in the freezer section in supermarkets.
• Garlic: Available in supermarkets. It is called Knoblauch.
• Ginger: Available in supermarkets. It is called Ingwer.
• Green Chillies: Available in Indian shops.
• Bay Leaves: Available in both Indian and German shops. It is called Lorbeerblätter in German. Available in the spices section in supermarkets
• Cloves: Available in both Indian and German shops. It is called Nelken in German. Available in the spices section in supermarkets
• Black Peppercorns: Available in both Indian and German shops. It is called Pfeffer in German. Available in the spices section in supermarkets
• Black Cardamom: Available in Indian shops
• Onion: Available in Supermarkets. Called Zwiebeln.
• Cumin Seeds: Available in both Indian and German shops. It is called Kreuzkümmel in German. Available in the spices section in supermarkets
• Turmeric Powder: Available in both Indian and German shops. It is called Kurkuma Pulver in German. Available in the spices section in supermarkets
• Salt: Available in both Indian and German shops. Called Salz in German. Read more about Salt in supermarkets in Germany.
• Cashews: Available in both Indian shops and supermarkets. Called Cashew Kerne in German.
• Musk Melon Seeds: Available in Indian shops.

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