Spinach Biryani Recipe/Palak Biryani(Keerai Sadam)-Sunday Lunch Recipes-17

I tried this Chettinad style Keerai biryani recipe adding palak leaves after watching Captain TV Cookery show.It came out really well.We loved it.My daughter Raksha had a plateful of this biryani happily.As this was my first attempt of making a biryani adding greens/keerai,I was doubtful about its taste.So I made Drumstick poricha kuzhambu and Rasam along with it.But biryani bowl got emptied first.I am sure this would be a healthy choice for fussy kids who don’t eat green leaves.Here I have used spinach/Palak as it is easy to clean & chop.You can use Arai keerai,Mulai keerai(Amaranth leaves),Methi leaves as suggested in the TV show.Try this healthy biryani recipe for your kids and Husband’ lunch box.This recipe gets thumbs up from everyone in the family.Ok,Lets see how to make this Indian Palak biryani recipe in detail.

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Palak biryani/Spinach biryani recipe

Healthy,easy spinach biryani recipe - Sunday Lunch Recipes series -17

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Lunch menu

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Spinach/Palak leaves - 1 cup ( 1/2 bunch) Basmati rice - 1 cup ( I use India Gate) Salt - as needed Water - 1.75 cups To saute Cooking oil + ghee - 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp Cinnamon - 1 inch Cloves - 2 no Cardamom - 1 no Black stone flower/Kalpasi - 1 no Bayleaf - 1 no Big onion -1 no Small onion -5 nos Green chilli - 1 no Mint leaves – 2 tbsp Tomato – 1 no Curd – 1 tbsp Lemon juice – few drops To grind Red chillies - 3 nos Ginger - 1 inch piece Garlic cloves - 5 nos Pepper corns - 1/4 tsp

METHOD

Grind all the ingredients given under “to grind” to a smooth paste.Set aside.Wash & soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes. Wash and chop the palak leaves.Chop the onions,mint leaves and tomato into fine pieces.Slit the green chilli. Heat oil+ghee in a cooker base. Saute the whole spices and add the slitted green chilli and onions.Saute till transparent.Add the ground paste and saute till raw smell goes off. Add tomatoes and saute till it becomes mushy. Lastly add the mint leaves.Mix well and add the finely chopped palak leaves.Add rice,salt,curd,water and lemon juice.Give a boil.Mix well and close the cooker.Cook in very low flame for one whistle.After the steam is released,remove the lid and fluff the rice with fork. Enjoy !

Note

You can replace palak with Arai keerai,mulai keerai or vendhaya keerai/Methi leaves. Add more number of red chillies for spicy biryani. You can also powder the whole spices and add to this biryani for variation. Adding ghee gives a nice flavor.So don’t skip it.

Try this healthy,kids friendly Keerai biryani.You will enjoy it !

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