Veg Palak Pulav | Spinach Pulav

Ingredients
3 cups Basmati Rice
200 gms Spinach
1 cup Meal maker
1/4 cup Peas
4 Curry leaves
4 Green Chilies
1 Red Onion, thinly sliced
1/2 Tomato, diced
2 tsp Ginger & Garlic paste
Oil
Salt
4 cups of Water

For tempering dry whole spices
1 Bay leaf
8 Cloves
1 inch piece Cinnamon
4 Cardamom
1/4 tsp Fennel


Method

• Wash and soak basmati rice in water for 10 minutes
• Make spinach pure with 1/2 cup of water
• Boil meal meaker (soya chunks) seperately in water for 10 minutes and drain excess water
• In a pressure cooker pan, heat 4 tsp of oil. Add all the whole dry spices-bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, cardamon, fennel
• Add curry leaves, green chilies and onions. Saute until onions softens
• Then add cooked soya chunks, peas and tomato. Saute for 5 minutes
• Then add spinach pure and water. Bring it boil. Add salt per taste
• Then add soaked basmati rice. Mix well. Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles
• Serve hot with yogurt or raita