Palak Paneer Rice

Photo: Usha Chowdhary Gupta

Ingredients

PALAK PANEER RICE

1 bunch of Spinach (Palak)

(Blanched or boiled palak)

1 Cut Tomato,

1 Onion, 1 Green Chilly,

A small piece of Ginger,

4 cloves of Garlic,

1 teaspoon Turmeric pd, Cumin seeds,

1 teaspoon Garam masala,

1 teaspoon Sugar,

2 tablespoons Oil

Salt to taste

Preparation

Wash &clean the palak leaves and boil or blanch them. Grind to a paste, the palak eaves,tomato, onion, green chilly, ginger , garlic and add turmeric pd , cumin seeds . Put a pan to heat , add oil , then add the ground paste. Stir for 7-8 mins. Now add salt , sugar and some more garam masala . A tasty gravy to mix with the rice is ready.

Cooked rice needed: Soak 2 cups rice and cook in 4 cups of water. Also add some salt to the rice while cooking them.

The palak gravy is ready so is the cooked rice. The rice will be divided into two parts. Mix one part with the palak gravy, check the salt.

The second layer rice require: One Sliced Onion and a Green Chilly cut into small pieces, 1-2Tbsp Ghee, 1\4 Tsp Mustard Seeds, 2 Tsp Lime Juice, 4 Tbsp Paneer( Cut into small pieces) Salt to taste.

Put a pan to heat , add the ghee the fry the paneer Pieces until light brown in color, take them out. Now add the mustard seeds, green chilly and the onion. Stir and sprinkle some salt, add the half portion of cooked rice and the paneer pieces, also add the lime juice and this rice is ready. Layer the green rice and the onion\ paneer rice and serve.