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SIMPLE and EASY PALAK RICE

Ingredients
Making Time - 20 Min
No of Servings - 2

Take 15- 20 leaves of  Palak soak it for 2 minutes in a water, wash thoroughly until the soil clears. Keep it for Draining to drain excess water. cut the Palak into fine pieces and keep aside.
Rice (white rice) soaked for 20 minutes - 1 cup
Onion - 1 medium sliced
Tomato - 1 medium chopped
Green Chilies - 3-5
Garlic- 3-5 cloves
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2  tsp
Butter - 2 tsp
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Coriander - 2 tb sp
Cashew and Dry fruits - 1 tb sp (Optional)
Salt to taste

Spices
Cinnamon - 2 inch
Clove - 2-4
Cardamom- 2
Long Pepper - 1

Procedure
Heat oil in pressure cooker, add butter.
Add mustard, jeera. when it splutters add green chilli, garlic, hing and all spices saute for 1 minute on simmer flame.
Add onion and fry till translucent.
Add chopped tomato and saute again.
Add Palak pieces to it and saute again.
Add rice and mix well.
Add 1 1/4 cup water to the mixture and add salt (as per taste). let it come to boil. Boil for a few seconds and close the pressure cooker lid. After 1 whistle put the flame on a sim for 1 minute. and turn off. Garnish with coriander.
Now the delicious rice is ready to serve with raita.





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