1 ¾cupwaterif cooking in a pot, use 1.25X times water if cooking in instant pot.
1tbsp.or juice of ½ lemon
salt as per taste
Instructions
Soak rice for 30 mins after washing it 3-4 times.Meanwhile, heat oil or ghee in your pan, as per your choice. Saute crushed ginger, cumin seeds and green chillies as per taste.
In a blender, add chopped spinach leaves and blend it without water. It should result in a puree little less than 1 cup. Add this puree to the pan.
Let it cook for few minutes.Add soaked rice along with salt.
Add 1 ¾ cup water and stir. Hint: Always add some water to your blender and remove residue of puree from it so that no nutrients are lost.
Let it come to a boil and cook it on low flame
Add a dash of lemon juice and let it cook until water evaporates. Check if the rice is cooked, if not, add ¼ cup water.
Serve it with any curry/pickle or have it just as it is.
For instant pot
Follow the same instructions, just that the water used to cook is 1.25X times the rice quantity. Hence for 1 cup rice , use 1 ¼ cup water.
Close the lid and choose pressure cook mode in sealing position . Cook on high for 4 minutes and do a quick release after 5 minutes.
Open the lid, add a tablespoon at lemon juice. Serve warm with a salad
Notes
Tip - cook it without covering the pot, this will result in bright colors.