Palak Pulao / Spinach Rice # 3

This is one healthy dish. I have already posted 2 different types of palak rice. Everybody wondering posting only palak rice but this recipe is delicious i am sure.

Ingredients

• Palak soppu/ Spinach Leaves- 2cups
• Buttani / Green Peas - 1/4 cup (optional)
• Malaka / Green chillies - 3
• Coconut, grated- 1/4 cup
• Chakke / Cinnamon - 2 small pieces
• Lavanga / Clove - 2
• Cheera / Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Molag / Blackpepper - 4
• Kothambri soppu / Coriander leaves / Cilantro- 2 tsp
• Basmati Rice - 2 cups
• Cashews - 2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Olive oil - 2 tbsn

Method

• Chop and cook the palak and drained out the water
• Boil the peas and rice and keep aside
• In the mixer add coconut, 1 tsp chopped palak / spinach, jeera, cinnamon, blackpepper, chillies, coriander, clove grind into a smooth paste with little bit water
• Take a large pan heat oil add jeera seeds - 1/2 tsp allow to splutter then add cashews fry till cashews turns golden color
• Then add masala paste and remaining cooked palak and peas stir fry add salt switch off the flame
• Add rice and mix well and serve with raita

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Channa Palak Sabzi

This is one is the healthiest sabzi’s. Easy to make recipe and very good as a side dish for chapati/roti.

Ingredients

• Palak / Spinach - 3 cups
• Onions - 1/4 cup, chopped
• Channa / Chickpeas - 1/2 cup
• Green chillies - 2
• Garam masala - 2 tsp
• Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
• Jeera seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsbn
• Salt to taste
• Lemon juice

Method

• Wash and chop the palak/spinach and cook the palak/spinach with little water
• Soak the overnight channa/chickpeas and pressure cook the channa's / chickpeas (drain out the water)
• Chop the onions finely and green chillies
• Take a blender and blend the palak very coarsley
• Take a pan add oil and add jeera seeds allow to splitter
• Then add chopped onions and chillies, fry for few mins
• Add channa and palak stirfry
• Add salt and chili powder, garam masala, jeera powder and mix well
• Add lemon juice and serve

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Goldfish Bread Pizza

This is one for the kids. My son is going to full time school nowadays and I am trying to find innovative things which look good and also taste good for him. We can have this anytime,..my son loved it.

I got this bread in the bread aisle in our local grocery store. Made this pizza and sent this in my son’s lunch box, he loved it

You can make sandwich too. The fish shape for the bread looks cute & appealing to the little ones. The one I bought it was of Pepperidge Farm brand. I am not sure if it is available in other brands.

Toppings : Cheese Pizza :

Ingredients

• Pepperidge Goldfish White Bread packet
• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Traditional Marinara Sauce

Method

• Preheat the oven 350F
• Grease the butter on a oven tray and place the bread pieces, split side up
• Spread the sauce on each bread on top spread cheese
• Bake for 10 mins until cheese melted

Toppings : Cheese and Spinach :

Ingredients

• Pepperidge Goldfish White Bread packet
• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Traditional Marinara Sauce
• Spinach finely chopped 2 tsp
• Onions - chopped
• Olive oil - 1/2 tsp

Method

• Heat olive oil in a small pan add onions and spinach fry for few mins and keep aside
• Preheat the oven 350F
• Grease the butter onto a oven tray and place the bread pieces, split side up
• Spread the sauce on each bread on top spread cheese and spread cooked onions and spinach
• Bake for 10 mins until cheese melted

Toppings : Onions and Greenpeppers :

Ingredients

• Pepperidge Goldfish White Bread packet
• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Traditional Marinara Sauce
• Onions chopped
• Green peppers finely chopped
• Olive oil

Method

• Heat olive oil in a small pan add onions and greenpeppers fry for few mins and keep aside
• Preheat the oven 350F
• Grease the butter on a oven tray and place the bread pieces, split side up
• Spread the sauce on each bread on top spread cheese and spread cooked onions and green peppers
• Bake for 10 mins until cheese melted

Serve hot with Ketchup

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