Ingredients:

• Basmati Rice – 2 cups
• Spinach – 2 cups (finely chopped)
• Red Chillies – 5
• Coriander seeds- 2 tbsp
• Coconut -1/2 cup
• Garlic – 4 flakes
• Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
• Urad Dal – 2 tsp
• Onion – 2 large (1 chopped lengthwise)
• Water – 3 cups
• salt to taste
• Ghee – 2 tbsp
• Coriander leaves – a few
• Cashewnuts (roasted in ghee) – a few

Method:

1. Wash the rice 2 or 3 times and soak it for 15 minutes in 3 cups of water. Pressure cook the rice with a little salt.
2. Grind coconut, coriander seeds, red chillies, garlic, one chopped onion and coriander leaves to a paste.
3. Add 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, urad dal and fry the other chopped onion until golden brown.
4. Then, add the spinach to it. Close and cook for 5 minutes.
5. Once cooked, add the ground paste, chopped spinach and salt. Mix thoroughly.
6. Add this to the cooked rice. Add ghee and mix well.
7. Garnish with cashewnuts.

Recipe courtesy of Suguna