Baby corn and Spinach Rice

Being a south indian there is no need to say that I am a big fan of rice. I keep experimenting and can make any rice in a jiffy. I will share all the rice varieties in the coming weeks, but here is one that is amazingly simple and you don’t need many ingredients for this. I like to keep it simple and simple this is. So happy cooking…

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice - 1 Cup

Baby corn - 100 gms

Spinach - 100 gms

Spring Onions - 3-4 stalks

Cumin Powder - 1/2 tbsp

Pepper Powder - 1/2 tbsp

Cloves - 3

Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Garlic - 2 pods

Chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 3 tbsp

Method:

For baby corn rice

Add chopped garlic and spring
onion bulbs to oil

Add baby corn and fry for a minute

Add dry spices and mix well

Add cooked rice and spring onion greens and
mix well

First for baby corn rice, in a pan/kadhai put 1 1/2 tbsp of oil on a medium flame. Add finely chopped garlic and spring onion bulb(finely chopped) and saute for a minute. Now add chopped baby corn and fry for a minute. Now add cumin powder, pepper powder and salt. After 3 minutes add half of the cooked rice and mix well. Now add the spring onion greens and give it a final stir.

For Spinach rice:

In a pan add oil, cumin seeds and
cloves

Now add spinach puree, red chilli powder

   

Now add cooked rice 

Adjust seasoning and mix well

For Spinach rice, first blanch the spinach leaves and puree. In a kadhai/pan put the remaining oil and add cumin seeds and cloves. After they splutter, add spinach puree, red chilli powder and cook it for 2 minutes. Now add the remaining rice, adjust seasoning and mix well.

Now for presentation, layer baby corn rice and spinach rice alternatively and serve hot.

Sending this recipe to Healthy Diet Lunchbox recipes and Priyas healthy diet page