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Serves 4 | Prep 10mins
| Cook 30mins
Spinach Pilau
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A great rice dish for both flavour and texture, freezes well and
spinach is soooo good for you. This recipe also contains 1.2
portions of the recommended 5-a-day fruit and veg per serving.
Nutrition Information Per Serving
| 226 calories
| 8.3g fat
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| 6.7g protein
| 31.2g carb
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| 2.6g fibre
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Ingredients
- 150g Baby Spinach
- 1 Med Onion, finely chopped
- 1 Clove Garlic, crushed
- ½ Green Chilli Pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 1 Medium Carrot, grated
- 1 Tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 Tsp Ground Ginger
- 150g Basmati Rice, White
- 20g Flaked Almonds
Method
Preheat oven to 150C
- Rinse spinach and boil in a small amount of water for 10
minutes. Drain well, chop roughly and leave to one side.
- Bring a large pan of lightly salted water to the boil, add
rice, cover and simmer briskly for 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, stir fry onion, garlic and chilli in the oil
over a moderate heat for about 5 minutes (or until onion is
starting to turn golden). Stir in carrot and continue to stir
fry for one minute. Add turmeric and ginger and stir fry for a
further minute. Remove from heat.
- Strain rice in a colander and rinse with boiling water.
Transfer rice to an oven-proof dish (with a lid), stir in
vegetable and spice mixture until evenly distributed, stir in
spinach.
- Put lid on dish and cook in the oven for 10 minutes, Stir
in flaked almonds just before serving.
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Published:
20/12/2007
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