Quick and Easy Spinach Rice (Palak Rice)

White rice is cooked with a spinach paste and Indian seasoning blend in this quick and easy palak rice, also known as spinach rice, recipe.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 410 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 cups uncooked white rice
• 4 green chile peppers, chopped
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
• 1 pinch salt, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
• 1 ½ cups fresh spinach
• 1 large carrot, minced
• 1 teaspoon roasted coriander powder
• 4 ½ cups water, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir cumin seeds until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add onion, carrot, and green chile peppers; cook and stir until slightly tender, about 5 minutes. Add ginger-garlic powder and cook for about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Pulse spinach leaves in a blender until a paste forms. Add spinach paste to onion mixture; cook and stir until all the water has evaporated from the spinach, 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 3

Mix rice, coriander powder, and salt into spinach mixture until evenly combined. Transfer rice mixture to a rice cooker and add water.

Step 4

Cook spinach rice in the rice cooker according to manufacturer's instructions, about 20 minutes.