Spinach and Carrots Pulao

Spinach and Carrots are a great combination for a pulao. They make the pulao more colourful and ofcourse healthy too. Few days back, I had prepared this pulao and to be honest the rice became a little mushy :-(.  So yesterday afternoon I thought of preparing it again and wanted to make it much better than the last time. I was so happy when the pulao came out very good. I prepared it in pressure cooker which is the easiest method...So its an easy and a colourful rice..kids will surely enjoy.My little one did like the pulao a lot !!

Spinach and Carrots Pulao

Ingredients:

1 cup Basmati rice

a small bunch Spinach, chopped

3/4 cup grated Carrots

1/2 cup chopped Onion

1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste

2 Green chillies, chopped

1/4 tsp ground Cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground Fennel seeds (I dry roasted the Fennel seeds and made a powder)

1/2-1 tsp Garam masala

1.5 cups Water

Salt

Oil/Ghee

Wash the rice and soak in water for 30 minutes.

Heat some oil/ghee in a pressure cooker. Splutter cumin seeds. Add onions, ginger-garlic paste and green chillies.Saute for a minute. Now add carrots and spinach. Saute for 2-3 minutes.

Add the spices- ground cinnamon and fennel seeds, garam masala. Mix well. Add rice and give a stir. Finally add water and salt. Close the cooker with the lid. Pressure cook for 2 whistles. 

I garnished the pulao with sweetened Cranberries and served it with a simple onion-tomato raita.

Sending this to the Kids Delight event hosted by Mina , an event started by Srivalli.