Palak Coconut Milk Pulao Recipe - Palak Pulav Recipe
Healthy and nutritious spinach pulao which is easy to make and taste fantastic. This is a great recipe to put in your kids lunch box too.
Ingredients
- Ghee - 2 tblsp
- Cardamom / Yelakai - 2
- Cloves / Krambu - 2
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small stick
- Onion - 1 chopped finely
- Tomato - 1 chopped finely
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 tblsp
- Chilli powder - 2 tsp
- Cumin powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander powder - 1 tblsp
- Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Palak - 2 cups chopped finely
- Coconut Milk - 1 cup
- Basmati Rice - 1 cup
- Water - 1 cup
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 15 mins.
- Heat ghee in a cooker. Add whole spices and mix well.
- Add onions and cook till golden.
- Add ginger garlic paste and mix well.
- Add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.
- Add in spice powders and palak.Saute well.
- Add salt to taste
- Add in water, coconut milk and rice.
- Bring it to a boil.
- Cover and cook for 1 whistle.
- Let the steam escape and open the cooker. Fluff up the rice.
- Serve with raita.