Today is the third week of Blogging Marathon #19. I am posting under the theme Cooking with greens. The first recipe is for a coloured rice perfect for kid’s lunch box. If you love okra, then this is for you. The palak flavour along with okra was very nice. As I prepared it for Sruti’s lunch box, I didn’t add spices to it. But if cooking for the whole family, you can go for spices too. I served it with okra raitha for lunch and the combination was very delicious.
Ingredients:
Rice-1cup
Palak/ Spinach-1 bunch
Okra/ Ladies Finger-1 1/4cup (cut into thin slices)
Salt-to taste
Fennel Powder-1tsp
Garlic Powder-1tsp
Oil-2tbs
Green Chilly-4
Onion-1
Procedure:
1. In a pan add 1tsp oil and add the sliced okra along with salt.
2. Saute on low flame until the sliminess is gone. Keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add onion.
4. Saute until golden.
5. In a hand mixer or food processor, add palak and green chillies and run it until nicely minced.
6. Add the minced palak to the onion and saute until it lets out oil.
7. Wash and soak rice for 15minutes.
8. Drain water completely and add it to the cooker.
9. Saute till the rice starts sticking to the bottom of the cooker.
10. Add 3 1/2cups of water, 1cup of sauteed okra and salt to taste.
11. Cover with lid and put on the weight.
12. When the first whistle comes, switch flame to low and cook for 6minutes.
13. Switch off stove and wait until the pressure is gone.
14. Open the cooker, fluff the rice with fork and serve hot along with okra raitha.
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mika arumai Gayathri
I love okra rice, in my land we namely Molondron 😀
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Yummy rice new for me
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Wow the rice is so tempting….
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Never tried this rice before..Looks healthy and filling:)
wow…new to me…lovely combination n sounds very tasty..
Adding okra to palak is something new , never tried, looks nice….
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lovely rice n like adding okra to this… healthy rice…
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nice dish ! combo is very new to me !
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sounds yum. Adding okra to palak is something new. Nice clicks.
what a healthy rice with both spinach and okra!!!
Reminds me that I have an okra rice in my drafts. I love them in anything ..
Have never had okra rice. Looks good :).
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Nice dish Gayathri..
Very new rice with okra combo….
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Wat an excellent way to sneak both palak and okra..Well done Gayathri,inviting and delicious rice.
Unique combination.. very healthy rice..
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Gayathri, that’s one innovative way of using okra in rice..never thought about it..trust you guys to always be so creative!
Nice variety n loved it
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a new combo..never tried this..looks great…
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My, that is some rice. Unique combo of green and vegetable.
Very healthy combo. Never tried it myself. Looks delicious.