Ingredients

• For rice:
• Rice - 2 cups soaked for 2 hours in water
• Cloves - 5
• Cinnamon stick - 1
• Pepper corns - 5
• Masala elaichi - 1
• Bay leaf - 4
• Other ingredients:
• Ghee - 4 tbsp
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• 2 - small green chillies finely chopped
• 1tbsp - garlic paste
• 1 tbsp - ginger paste
• Palak puree - 1 cup
• Besan - 3 tbsp
• 1 - onion chopped lengthwise and deep-fried till golden brown
• 1 tbsp - fried cashews
• 2 tbsp - chopped coriander
• Lemon juice
• Salt to taste

How to Make Spicy Palak Rice

• Cook the soaked rice with spices and set aside.
• In a small kadai, heat 2 tbsp ghee.
• Then add besan and roast well till the besan turn light red-brown.
• Add palak puree and make a semi-thick paste.
• Add salt.
• In another kadai heat ghee and add jeera. Roast till brown.
• Add green chillies, garlic and ginger paste.
• To this tadka, add rice, salt and mix well.
• Layer rice with palak puree, top with fried onions, cashews, coriander and sprinkle lemon juice.
• Serve hot.