Spinach Pulav - with Brown Basmathi Rice

I got some brown basmathi rice a few weeks back. And I have been waiting to try it, so finally made some pulav for lunch. I didn’t have any coriander at hand, so decided to use fresh baby spinach and some capsicums to make this easy and tasty pulav.

Ingredients:

• Brown Basmathi Rice - 1 and 1/4 cups (soak for 10 min)
• Spinach – ¾ of a bunch,  chopped with the stems cut off
• Onion – 1, cut lengthwise
• Capsicum -1,  diced lenghtwise
• Carrots -1 diced  into cubes
• Potato - 1 dices in cubes 
• Salt – 3-4tespoons

Grind together:

• Garlic: 8 cloves
• Dry red chilli - 9
• Ginger-1/2 inch piece
• Spinach - handful

Directions:

• Heat 3 tablespoons oil/ghee in a pressure cooker.
• Fry some cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves and some bay leaf.
• Then add the onions, carrots, capsicum, potato, peas.
• Drain the soaked rice, and add to the cooker along with the veggies, and fry well.
• Add ground paste, and fry for a few minutes. 
• Now add the spinach leaves and salt.
• Add 1 and 3/4 cups water. (Ratio 1 cup rice=1 ½ cups water)
• Close the cooker, after the first whistke, pressure cook for 12 min in low flame.
• Open the cooker, and mix the rice gently. Serve with yogurt raita.