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    by [Archana Potdar] · This post may contain affiliate links · 23 Comments

    Palak Pulao

     
    How super excited I am for I am a part of BloggingMarathon #13  and today is Day#1
     
    I have chosen my theme as Rice.
     
    Cool, yes well it is, till you try to feed your kids everyday rice, which does not happen in my place, but wait it has to be kid-friendly and needs to be ready in 20 minutes flat. And I am bombarded with suggestions. So there are lovely inputs that I have.
     
     Let’s begin at the very beginning
     1. I had made this spinach and garlic onion stir fry as a stuffing for lasagne. It did not happen poor thing was lying in the fridge quite lonesome.
    2. Then I don’t know why I made a big batch of rice.
     3. Thanks to Raksha's post that I read here and this is how the idea cascaded into this lovely dish.
     
    And was it appreciated? Serve it with paneer Manchurian and be labelled as the “besttest Mamma”!
     
    So we here it is   Palak Pulao as our entry for the first day of the blogging marathon.
     
    Before we go any further please let me tell you that both my kids do not carry their lunch to school or college for one is provided lunch in school and for the other it is ”not in college Mamma”!
     
    So most of these are my dinner dishes and that also explains my pics. Also, kid 2 served herself so beautifully and wanted to click a picture for Mamma I did not have the heart not to post it. But I have been told the contents are approved for lunch box.
     
    Ingredients:
     2 cups of rice, cooked and fluffed
    2 cups of chopped palak/ spinach
    1 big onion, finely chopped
    4 cloves garlic or 1tsp garlic paste
    1 teaspoon ginger
    ¼ cup coriander
    ¼ cup mint (you can add lesser if you want)
    1 green chilli (adjust as per taste)
    1 tomato
    1 teaspoon biryani masala
    ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder (optional)
    Salt
    Oil
    Method:
    1.  Grind the coriander and mint with the ginger, garlic, green chilli and a little onion I added a little water to speed up matters.
    2. Heat oil in a kadhai/wok and fry the paste till the raw smell goes away.
    3. As this is cooking puree the tomato.
    4. Add the rest of the onion and fry till translucent.
    5. Add the tomato and fry till well-mixed.
    6. Add the chopped palak/spinach and fry till the palak/spinach wilts and there is no water left say about 3-4 minutes.
    7. Add the biryani masala stir. Add the red chilli powder if using. Mix well.
    8. Savour the aroma and add the rice, salt.
    9. Mix thoroughly. Serve hot.
     When my family first saw this rice they were sceptical. But with one spoonful of this they were coming back for second and thirds. So much so that I was asked to make it yet again.
    So I did with a slight variation for that visit me tomorrow…
    Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging
    Archana
     

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    1. A healthy and delicious pulao. And there I can see that lovely shape you've got with the rice in the second pic.

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    2. You know, when i saw that first pic thats exactly what i thought. She must have cooked this at night. The recipe sounds delightful and healthy, and i don't use the two words together often. And its wonderful that your kids want to click the photos for your blog 🙂

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    3. Delicious looking preparation. Looks lovely.

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    4. What a lovely one pot meal:-)

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    5. Pulav sounds healthy and loved the idea!

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    6. nice way to incorporate greens

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    7. love palak rice in all its variety!

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    8. Very yummy preparation, looking forward to your next one..

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    9. looks lovely Archana, so bad I m off rice for few days

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    10. Thanks all of you.
      @kaveri I still do not have the hang of it. Its the kid who has done it. She has given me classes how to do it.

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    11. Very delicious n healthy pulao..

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    12. Very healthy and delicious

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    13. yummy and healthy one pot meal Archana....glad to run BM with You!
      for ur question on my blog....you dont have to roast them separately...I start with the dals as they take longer time and add the coriander seeds into it!

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    14. This is great :).. besets mamma..how cute..must have made ur day!

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    15. Colorful and healthy one!

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    16. Very healthy and easy one

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    17. interesting !

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    18. Favorite and healthy rice .

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    19. Very nutritious rice...

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    20. That's nice to know Archana..glad you could join us...I understand most kids don't carry lunch. Still it's great to get new ideas..

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    21. Delicious looking one and love the paneer side dish on the corner of the plate.

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    22. Thanks all.

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    23. Lovely dish... Nice recipe and click.. yummy

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