- prep: 20 min
- cook: 20 min
- total: 40 min
Summary
Palak rice - Each rice dish made with spinach. Also called as spinach biryani or palak biryani.
Ingredients
- basmati rice - 1 cup
- spinach - 1½ cup or ½ bunch
- potato - 1 (medium)
- oil - 2 tablespoons
- cardamom - 1
- bay leaf - 1
- mace or jathipatri - 1 small piece
- cinnamon - 1-inch piece
- stone flower - 1
- cloves - 3
- fennel seeds or perumjeerakam - ½ teaspoon
- cumin seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- onion - 1 (big)
- green chili - 1 (slit)
- ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
- mint leaves - one handful
- tomato - 1 (small - finely chopped)
- turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
- red chili powder - ½ teaspoon
- coriander powder - ½ teaspoon
- garam masala - ¼ teaspoon
- coconut milk - ½ cup
- water - 1¼ cup
- salt - to taste
- lime juice - few drops
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 2
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 3366 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 81 g 124.1%
- Saturated Fat: 12 g 59.08%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 15 mg 5.08%
- Sodium: 719 mg 29.96%
- Calcium: 3347 mg 334.74%
- Potassium: 11011 mg 314.59%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 112 mg 623.19%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 681 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 232 g 928.36%
- Sugar: 25 g
- Protein: 102 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 159.48%
- Vitamin C 407.83%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat9
- Exchange - Fruit2
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs1
- Exchange - Starch41
- Exchange - Vegetables2
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total4 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total5 c
- MyPlate - Fruit1 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total9 oz-eq